Download Folder in Dock not there

I did an Archive and Install of Leopard on my MacBook. I had the Application Folder in the right hand side of the Dock in Tiger but when I installed Leopard the Download folder never appeared. Even when I drag the Download folder from the Finder to the right-hand side of the Dock it appears as a document icon but not as the default Download folder with the arrow. I also clean installed on a G4 Mac Mini and this problem did not occur.

The downloads folder is a stack in the dock. Which means it behaves as a stack -- it will show the "top" icon in the folder (which is the "top" item depends on the sort option... right click (or control-click) on it and choose the sort order you want).
There is no way to get it to use the "original" icon once there's something in there. This is the way stacks currently work.

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How can I change the view of Download Folder in Dock

I used to have my Download Folder in my Dock show up as a vertical string of icons with the latest at the bottom, when I clicked on the Folder. I recently had to drag the Downloads Folder back into the Dock after it had disappeared from there. After doing that I now notice when I click on the Downloads icon in the Dock, it now shows up as a page full of icons. I prefer the original vertical listing. How can I change it back?
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That's not an option. Under Display As, you have the view options for Downloads

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LowLuster wrote:
You can also display the Dock icon in List view. Right click on the icon and select List instead of Grid.
Yes, I'm aware of that. Thats probably the only solution besides DWB's idea. I'll just do that and change the sorting to "date added." I'd still prefer it just open as an actual Folder when I click it, however.
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Help?
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--Bob

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1502799&tstart=0
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Download Folder in Dock not there

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