Unable to open folders in dock

In an attempt to clean up my desktop, I dragged some personal folders down to the dock next to the applications folder. When I double-click on them, they won't open and a question mark appears over them. I can't use any of the menu options like "show in finder" or "open". Nothing happens!
I also can't find them using spotlight (folders or files). I don't have copies of what is in the folders.
What did I do wrong (besides not copying the folders!)????
And more importantly, how can I access these folders????

Hi whiteninja, and a warm welcome to the forums!
When I double-click on them, they won't open and a question mark appears over them.
Oh oh, that means they've been moved or removed/trashed since moving there.
Spotlight won't be reliable, I'd get EasyFind...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11076
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/8707
Use it to search your whole drive for case insensitive & show invisibles...
for Folders Only with part of the name at least.

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