How do I question mark in dock

I had a problem which left a question mark (?) in the dock which I can't remove. When you click on it the identity shows Quicken 2005. Can' drag it out of the Dock to remove it. Next to it is a symbol for Quicken, which opens Quicken 2005 properly. Anyone know how to remove the unwanted question mark?

Deming... control-click/right-click on that icon in the dock and see if you get a choice to ...quit Application....... then drag it out of the Dock.
or try this...
Delete ....
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist
/Library/Caches/com.apple.dock.iconcache.501
• log out/in.This will reset the Dock to its default values, so you will have to reset the preferences for the dock.
george

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