Running programs won't stay minimized

Hi, I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) (2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3) that I just upgraded to Yosemite. Since upgrading, whenever I minimize apps back into the Dock, after a few seconds my desktop background will flash to black and then all of my minimized programs will be back onto my homescreen. Whenever all the programs are on my homescreen, the desktop background is fine and doesn't flash but as soon as I minimize an app, it flashes to black and brings it back to the screen. I've never had a problem like this before. Any suggestions??

I have been having this same problem for ages BUT I think I have solved it. A while back I was trying to save memory and one of the settings that I tried, and forgot about, was config.trim_on_minimize in about:config . I had it set to "true" but now that I have set it back to the default of "false" the problem seems to be, for me anyway, fixed.

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