Folders I put in sidebar nonresponsive

I am runing Mac OS X 10.6.8  In Finder when I try to open folders nothing happens.  When I try to move them to the desk top they come right back.  If I delete the folder will the files delete as well?  These are folders I use for work every day.

Are you getting any error messages when you click on them? Usually if Finder can't find the original it will ask to search for it.
Anyway, try just dragging a fresh one to the sidebar and see if it now works. Otherwise we might have to look at corrupt .plist files.
As for the Doc (I presume you mean Documents in the sidebar), it appears to be normal -

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