Window priority -- opens behind current application -- help

Hi. I've had a mac for a few months now, but I think I've broken something.
I have a vague recollection of changing some sort of windows compositor thing by following instructions on a site somewhere. The problem that I'm having now is that windows are opening in the wrong order in terms of priority. Sub-windows are opening behind the window they're generated from. This is an ordering issue. So, for example, I open a graphics image which fires up GIMP for me. GIMP opens it, but it's behind another window. Or I run a Python program to display graphical output (say, Matplotlib graph) and it opens behind the Eclipse window. So I have to manually navigate to these new windows to see it. Unfortunately, searching for "window display order" or "window compositor" or similar just doesn't seem to click with what I must have changed earlier.
My recollection is that ther are a number of "compositors" which you can choose to do your window management. If this is correct, then I've chosen one that isn't doing a good job. Only I can't remember how to change these, or even what I used.
Can anyone help?
Thanks
A

I have not used the simulator myself but you could try the link below:
http://fs-uk.com/forum/index.php?topic=63265
or
http://forum.farming-simulator.com/viewtopic.php?f=484&t=43446

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