Power PC apps won't always open unless I quit another app

I just added a 2GB chip to my Intel iMac thinking Rosetta was devouring all my memory and causing an occasional problem of apps (Power PC) not opening when I try to open them. I'm glad I added the RAM (I'll need it eventually), but the problem is still happening. Sometimes, I double-click on an app and nothing happens. Or I've seen an automatic app (Office Notifications) trying to open, appearing and disappearing in the dock, unable to do so.
The apps that I seem to have the most problem with are Office X and Quicken 2004. Does the problem lie with those apps or is it something in the iMac itself?

Are your PPC apps up to current versions? Give this a try and see if it helps:
Open the Terminal app (Utilities folder) and at the prompt enter:
sudo killall translated
Press return. You will be prompted for your admin password which will not be echoed.
If this helps then you can create an Applescript to run the command. Open the Applescript editor (/Applications/Applescript/ folder) and enter the following line:
set mystring to do shell script "sudo killall translated" with administrator privileges
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I have come across some odd behaviour with Adobe Reader 11.0.05. In particular, the following issues seem to have surfaced since upgrading to 11.x from 9.x.
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