I am using Gnome and if i Minimize a Window it disapears. Also i have noticed that the task bar isnt showing any of the opened apps like the web browser and if i minimize it i can no longer get it back what could be the problem and how might i fix this???
uh well never mind i got it fixed 
It would seem that i may have accidently killed the window list of the panel so after reinstalling it from the panel add ons all is well again in Gnome Land