Transparent im chat box

I have one person in my buddy list that I am having a problem with.  His IM chat box is transparent.  It never appears, the reason I say it's transparent is because when I look at all my programs that are open, it will show his name and when I click on it, nothing happens. here is a screen shot of what I mean.  file:///Users/sarahhicks/Desktop/Screen%20shot%202011-04-21%20at%203.00.06%20PM .png
Also, ichat notifies me when this specific buddy sends me an IM but I cannot read it.
Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi,
Can you do this ?
Go to the Finder (Click anywhere on the Desktop to show the Finder as the Front App.)
Then go to the View Menu and use Clean Up.  This should unstack all those icons that are on top of one another.
Now with no Finder window open chose the Show View Options from the same menu.
In the panel that shows up adjust the Grid pattern size to cope with the files names you have (Some may be long and need wider spacing)
Tick the Icon view and this may reveal more about the item in Question.
Use the Arrange By drop down to Snap to Grid (You can use another View/ordering option after that)
Next, highlight the item again like it is in the Pic (It looks like a file rather than a Chat)
Once highlighted, use the Apple Key(CMD) and I keys together (Get Info from the File Menu).
This should provide some info in a panel that pops up.
Your other files look like you have set to Show File suffixes, (.png, .jpg and so on) in th Finder's Preferences > Advanced > Show all Extensions. (These can also be individually set in the Get Info Panel)
This one item as far as I can see from your Pic does not do that, although the stacked group of icons nearby is not clear on that.
Is the File a .iChat file ?
If so can you open iChat and go to the Preferences.
In the Messages section is the named place to store Saved Transcripts the Desktop ?
If this is the case we have two issues.
1) Why isn't the chat opening properly (Or in fact closing very quickly)
2) Why is the Saved Transcript not getting an iChat Doc icon like it should.
However the lack of Date info suggests it is not a Saved Transcript.
It also does not look like a distorted window from iChat either.
Even if the names shows and it is a file it should be a double clickable item.
Does it Open ?
What appears ?
In iChat's Window Menu at the bottom of the List should be any Preferences Pane choise that is Open  (Like "Accounts") And the name of any Chat window that is open.
If you attempt to recreate this does it list a chat as being Open ?
8:19 PM      Sunday; April 24, 2011
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