Option-Click on desktop to hide current app hangs the app

I've been getting a weird finder hang lately: option-clicking on the desktop to hide the current application makes the application hang and I can't switch back into it. Selecting it in the dock won't bring the windows back, cmd-tabbing over won't bring the windows back, selecting it in the DragThing process dock won't bring the windows back.
The frustrating thing is that it doesn't happen all the time. Happens mostly with InDesign CS2 and Photoshop CS2. The only way out is to select the icon in the dock and do a force quit. Nothing else hangs.
Any advice?

Too bad it is an intermittent problem, that makes it harder to chase down. It would drive me nuts, as I use the shortcut all the time. You could try creating a test user and running there for awhile, but since it doesn't happen all the time that may not sort anything out. Have you run all the usual maintenance voodoo? Repair Permissions, clean caches (Tiger Cache Cleaner is useful, but costs money)? Take a look at Doc Smoke's FAQ here:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/repairprocess.html
You might also launch Console and leave it running to see if any error messages pop up. If it is only happening with CS2 programs, it may be some strange incompatiblity problem with them. I haven't seen this, but I only have CS1. You could check in the Adobe forums and see if it is happening to anyone else.
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