Dragging a file onto finder in Mountain Lion

Hi there,
I am asking this question here because there isn't a Mountain Lion section yet. When I drag a file onto the finder icon in the dock I used to get a pop up finder window where I was able to navigate to other maps to find the right destination for my file. In Mountain Lion this is no longer the case and when I drag a file onto the icon I get the shaded background image because I don't have a finder window open already (this wasn't necessary in previous versions). I was wondering if there are more people experiencing this problem and if someone knows how to fix it? Thanks in advance!
Kind regards

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