OSX Mountain Lion: Running app icons do not appear in the dock

It's almost 2-3 days that I have found when I run an application in OS X Mountain Lion, the application icon does not appear in the dock. In other words, the icons in the dock remain unchanged and no other running application icon appear in the dock. Does anyone else have the same issue?
I appreciate your time to answer my question.

Since you're having issues in multiple accounts I suggest you repair the HD and re-install the OS. ML makes the process pretty painless.
Boot up holding command-r keys into your Recovery Volume.
The screen should give you these choices...
Restore from TM backup
Reinstall Mac OS X
Get help online
Disk Utility
First choose DIsk Utility and run Repair Disk. If you find errors run it until all errors are fixed or it reports "Disk cannot be repaired".
Then, choose Reinstall OS X. This will be an install in place and won't affect any of your own data.

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I need to install to the other mac device
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If your friend has Mt Lion show up in his purchases area of the Mac App Store then at some point he bought Mt Lion.
You did not buy Mt Lion from the Mac App Store because it came with the system pre-installed. So it will not show in your purchases area.
No you do not have to buy it again if you want to reinstall it. You use the Recovery system to do that and it can be done over and over again at no charge to you.
You can use either the built in Recovery HD partition that is on the internal hard drive of your Mac or the Online Internet Recovery system that boots the computer from over the internet from the Apple servers.
M Wittawas wrote:
but my friend he just set Apple account on his mac and he get OSX Mountain Lion on his account
and can install other device also.
This mean when i want to download to install my mac pro again i must pay for new one ?

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MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
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Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of this exercise is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login. Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
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Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs.
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I solved doing from that link https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4145777?start=0&tstart=0
this:
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~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail
~/Library/Application Support/SyncServices
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OSX Mountain Lion: Running app icons do not appear in the dock

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