Question mark ? on my Finder

Hello!
Since many days a "?" appears on the top of the Finder window. My girlfriend, who also uses the computer, says she deleted some files and then the question mark appeared. But now, there is another one.
How can I know why it happened? and how can I solved take them away?
Thank you very much for your help.

Hi tetrazono;
I think you have posted your question in the wrong forum. You posted your question in the OS 9 forum but your Mac Book is not capable of running OS 9. You really should find out what operating system you are running and post there.
Allan

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