Question Mark in border of window

When I open a new window in Finder (on my G4) there is a "?" just to the right of the Actions icon. When I click on it the Connect to File Server (other computer-G3) window opens and when I enter my password a message screen opens that says "The item cannot be found". When I click OK the home folder on the G3 connects and I can open files, etc. The G3 and G4 are connected to a Linksys wired router with a firewire external hard drive connected to the G4.
I think this is more a sysem question than an iTunes question.
This is what I was doing when it all started:
I have iTunes on both computers and was experimenting with sharing the library from the G4 to the G3. I had "Added to Library" on the G3 all the music files (6600) which are on the external hard drive. I did not "Copy to iTunes Music Folder" on the G3. I discovered that some files did not transfer all the id tag info and some files did not get added at all. The song files exist only on the external hard drive. I tried to add individually the songs that did not get added. They would not add. But they would play on the G3 from the shared library window (shared from the G4). I re-imported one song on the G4 and then re-added it to the library on the G3. That worked. But now the "?" shows up in the Finder window on the G4.
What file can not be found? And why does it want to connect to the other computer?
Tracy

I never put anything in that area. I don't know where it came from. I tried dragging the icon for a mounted drive to that area and it disappeared in a puff of smoke (Apple animation). The icon also disappeared from the window on the left, but it was still mounted!
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Anyway, I got rid of the ? , but I still don't know why it showed up in the first place.
Tracy

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