Favorites Sidebar Icons

In Snow Leopard, I had several often used files in my Favorites Sidebar in the Finder. Now in Lion, they appear as Folders (though clicking on them will open the file). I tried to redrag files to that sidebar and I'm not allowed. It would be nice to see the File Icon for those individual files . . . and how do I drag other files there?

SurfSouth wrote:
but the Downloads icon is just a normal blue folder
try logging out, then back in or restart your machine.
JGG

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bmagargal wrote:
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