Suddenly unable to delete files from within the Dock

I got my iMac about 2 months ago, and I'm pretty sure I was always able to drag a file (or folder) from, say, the Downloads stack directly to the Trash without having to open Downloads in Finder.
For some reason it doesn't work any more, and I have to resort to opening the Downloads folder every time I want to delete a file. Has anyone else encountered this issue? And more importantly, does anyone know how to fix it?
EDIT: Never mind! A restart fixed the problem. Thread can be locked/removed.
Message was edited by: sunnytuesday - issue has been fixed!

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