Exactly which application is linked to dock?

I have a problem, probably originating my haste and lack of total understanding.
Anyhow, I now have several versions of the same program in my applications folder. Most of them do not work well, when I select them directly. But the one somehow linked to my dock works as I expect it to do.
How can I discover exactly which of these programs is showing up in my dock? If I were sure, I could be more comfortable about deleting the others. This is an old program, no longer available. I do have a back up, but I will have the same problem there--it only seems to "work" from the Dock! And I don't know which one is actually in the Dock.

Thank so MUCH, Niel! That worked perfectly --The one I had docked was buried in another folder, and I'd never have found it otherwise. Such a quick solution!

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The other problem with your system is that in a few short months "CC 2014" apps will be outdated, if not in practise, certainly in name.
Some creative brains need to be exercised on this, don’t leave it to the nerds.

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We try to overwrite the application help link as described in <a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/de/44/336208da18060be10000000a155369/frameset.htm">help_sap_com</a> (see code below).
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Hi,
which SP do you have? SET_HELP_LINK should be there in the newer support packages.
Regards, Heidi
PS: Check SAP Note 1002520, that should do the trick...
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deltagr wrote:
Hi,
I have upgraded to snow leopard and want to use migration assistant to transfer some of the files and apps of my old installation. As far as i can see, there is not much room to maneuver around which applications and files will be transfered. Is there a way to manually which applications and files will be transfered?
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machine? where do you see that?
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