Price list in dock won't open ?

Hi, I have a dozen price lists in a blue file on my dock. Suddenly today, when clicking to open I get a large black question mark on the file?
How can I retore the files?
Thanks,
Duncan

The folder on your Dock is merely an alias. Do a Spotlight search (click on the magnifying glass in the upper-right of your screen) for the name of one of the documents, or a string of text you know to be in the documents, and you can track down the original of that folder.
I suspect that the folder in question is probably in your Documents folder, so you could probably open a new Finder window, click on Documents in the sidebar, and search there by eye.

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