Dock icons turning into folers

I have an odd problem, some of my dock icons have changed into folders, or the icon representing something inside the folder/icon. Such as my games icons has 3 of the different game icons as the icon in the dock. 2 other icons have changed to just a plain blue folder. I've dragged the offending icons out to poof away, then replace with the icon in my HD. 1 second after I put it in the dock it switches to either a folder, a doc icon. I've deleted my dock preference, no help. I've copied and pasted new icons and as soon as they get put in the dock, it goes wacky again. any ideas?

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