Application icon on dock

I just got new MBP with 10.5.5. My work MacPro has that Application icon expand to fan or a box.. it is missing on my MBP.
How do I activate it?

Drag the Applications folder from the top level of the hard disk to the right side of the Dock; you may want to control-click it and change the settings.
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