Why is there a question mark in the Finder window?

Why is there a question mark in the finder window that looks like this.     When I click the question mark in displays this message.                                                                                                                                  

Because the item there has been moved from its original location or deleted (there's none in that location by default), or something made the Finder think there was an item there. In either case, the question mark can be removed by control-clicking it and choosing Remove Item, or by command-clicking it and dragging it out of the window.
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