Dead Folder in Finder

I just loaded a time machine back-up onto a new lion lap, one of my created folders however is stuck in the sidebar..can't click it..move it..open it..nothing..it's just a dead duplicate. Any ideas on how to remove this? Thanks!

Oh bummer, bummer, bummer .. I'm dumb!!
I didn't mean 'Finder', but 'System Preferences'.
The icon is at the bottom of the System Preferences (or on an English-language version of Tiger it might be 'Settings'). When I click, it tells me that it can't find the settings.
D.C.

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