The preference icon has a question mark on it and will not open

The preference icon has a quetion mark on it and will not open.

I would venture that one of the torrent files you downloaded has a big black ? mark for an icon.

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    Ever time I make a call on my iPhone 4 my FaceTime icon has a question mark in the middle of it. I can not figure out how to make it go away. Nor can I make a FaceTime call. Do I need to install a FaceTime App on my phone?

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    I am resurrecting my old iMacG5 for my grandson. Appleworks has question mark in dock and does not load from bundled software on original installation discs. Can anyone help?

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    Had to reinstall lion because of my error, but now a lot of apps. are showing up on my dock as question marks and will not open.

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