I have questionmarks in my finder window.

I just got SnowLeopard. and in my finder window. i have two ? (questionmarks)
i cant understand what they are for,(i have looked in many places, on the internett, and on the computer. And i dont know why they are there)
I also have 2 friends that have SnowLeopard. and they dont ahve the questionmarks..
They were there when i installed it. What do i do to get rid of them?
The following link, is a picture of the top of my Finder windows...
http://bildr.no/view/509196
PLEASE help me. its driving me crazy..

I found it out myself.. its a quick-lunch for applications.. drag and drop a application there.. and
right click for remove

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