Finder Places - duplicate icons every time I restart

Every time I restart my iMac, I get duplicate icons in the sidebar under "Places."
I can fix the problem by deleting the sidebar preference, and replacing it with a backup that I keep stored on my iDisk.
But does anyone know of a way TO PREVENT THE FINDER PLACES ICONS FROM DUPLICATING EVERY TIME I RESTART?
I have used my Mac OS X disk to run disk utility.
ANY SUGGESTIONS?
Thank you!

I was having the same problem, and this thread led me to the solution. The Onyx feature was definitely the problem, however I do not use Onyx - I used a demo version of Cocktail (which is a similar product). In Cocktail I had added a dock item that shows Favorites in the dock as a stack. As a consequence of turning on this feature, apparently, the sidebar items become duplicated on restart. So it seems that it doesn't matter which program you use to access this "feature" - either way you end up with duplicated sidebar items. Assuming you have done the same thing - you don't have to run Onyx or Cocktail to alleviate the problem. Simply drag this item off of your dock, restart, and the problem is solved.

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