Blank/generic icons in finder's sidebar

Each time I restart my computer I get generic icons for some elements in the finder window's sidebar.
Here is a screenshot : http://twitpic.com/18x7ma
This happened since I'm using Snow Leopard.
All the ones having "blank" icons are shortcuts to another hard drive (ie: not the startup disk). Using an open command (file › open) from another software and selecting each element restore the original icons.

When creating a Dock alias, you should drag the original item to the Dock, not an alias of it (any item in your Sidebar is an alias.
If this is not the issue go to /Users/yourname/Library/Preferences and delete these 2 files /com.apple.dock.plist
and com.apple.dock.db.plist
Then restart. This will give you the default Dock, so you'll have to reset yours the way you like it)
-mj

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