Dock Problem - Can't move or delete icons

Hey guys, just installed Leopard and now I can't move any icons in the dock around and I can't delete them either. I had Sherlock in the dock on Tiger and now it's a question mark. It won't let me delete it. Let me clarify a couple of things, I'm logged in as administrator and i've verified and repaired permissions. Can't figure it out what the problem is, help if you can please!

It may be that Spotlight is still indexing. Choose the Spotlight icon the upper right of your Menu Bar and click on it. Does it say that is indexing? If so, wait for it to stop.
If not, Go to /Users/~(yourHome)/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist and com.apple.dock.db Drag these 2 files to the desktop and log out and in or restart.
EDIT: Sherlock is not installed with 10.5.
-mj
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