Multiple windows shift wildly in different desktop directions

During the past week I have problem with individual windows suddenly shifting in different direction. The windows shift to the edge of screen, often oscillating between the screen edges and returning to their original location. At times I cannot use the iMac (OS 10.5.6) because the window do not remain in place at any time. Tried turning Zoom off on Universal Åccess but even with Zoom turned off, the problem remains. Desperate to resolve this problem. Help gratefully received!

nope. cmd` in Preview works only vaguely like that. I'm very familiar with cmdTab to switch between apps. Oh my gosh, it also works that way in Mail and even Chrome.
It used to be that cmd` would simply bring the bottom window to the top. Simple, predictable, easily traverse all windows with cmd`. Sorry I upgraded from X.5 directly to X.8; I don't know when they made this change. It's horrible. It's modal; there's hidden information - if you just walk up to the computer and start doing cmd`, what window comes to the front is unpredictable because of the hidden information.
cmd` flips the top two windows only if I move the topmost each time. move cmd` move cmd` move cmd`
If I use cmd` twice, then move the topmost, move cmd` cmd` move cmd` cmd` move cmd` cmd`
it rearranges only the top three, but reverses direction so I revisit the middle one in between; I see them in this order: 1 2 3 2 1 2 3, sortof palindrome order.
If I never move any of them, I cycle through them all, never changing direction: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
OK I just did an experiment. I created both situations:
Windows are 1 2 3 4, front to back. cmd` and window 2 comes to front.
Windows are 1 2 3 4, front to back. cmd` and window 4 comes to front.
I couldn't get 3 to come to front without rearranging them in the middle, it's convoluted.
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Thanks for pointing me to the iTunes Folder Watch program. It looks like this will solve my immediate needs. It's a little clunky in spots, but does handle adding new files very well. And it only cost about $10 to get the fully functioning version with the automatic monitoring in the background.
I copied the iTunes library files to each account, setup a watch folder that points to the location of the iTunes library content and all the music syncs up perfectly without duplicates. I have yet to test the applications, but music, movies, TV Shows, audiobooks, and podcasts all work fine.
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I made this mistake at first. I had all the accounts pointing to the same folder, but one of them (the original) had the "Upgrade to iTunes Media Organization" turned on which categorizes all content into folders based on type such as music, movies, podcasts, etc. Since the others were organizing just based on artist and album this caused the accounts to try to reorganize the files when Folder Watcher would tell it there were new files to manage.
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Barney,
many thanks for your efforts and your time (preparing and posting the screenshot, answering to this question,...).
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