Grey question mark

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toymaker1

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I have an iMac 5 OSX 10.4.8.
When I open the Macintosh HD window by clicking on the icon on the desktop, or via the Finder in the dock, I have noticed that a large grey question mark appears on the mettalic looking frame of the document window. It is located to the left of the Spotlight search window, which is at the top right of the document window frame.
I have run a hardware test and a disk utility test and everything seems to be ok. But there must be an underlying problem for the question mark to appear.
Does anyone have any ideas about this?

toymaker1
 
It sounds like that's a link to a file or folder that no longer exists. You can add your own files and folders to the toolbar (in addition to the sidebar) by going to the View menu, selecting "Customize Toolbar", and then dragging files or folders into the toolbar.

So it doesn't sound like anything to worry about, but you probably want to remove the question mark, since I assume it doesn't actually do anything. To remove it, select View > Customize Toolbar, and then simply drag it out of the toolbar. It'll make a little "poof" animation, and then it'll be gone for good.
 
you can avoid the 'customize toolbar' step by just dragging files and folders onto the toolbar to put them there, or command-dragging them off.
 
Mikuro said:
It sounds like that's a link to a file or folder that no longer exists. You can add your own files and folders to the toolbar (in addition to the sidebar) by going to the View menu, selecting "Customize Toolbar", and then dragging files or folders into the toolbar.

So it doesn't sound like anything to worry about, but you probably want to remove the question mark, since I assume it doesn't actually do anything. To remove it, select View > Customize Toolbar, and then simply drag it out of the toolbar. It'll make a little "poof" animation, and then it'll be gone for good.
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Dear Mikuro
Thanks for your advice. it worked perfectly, once I worked out what you meant - I am clueless about computers - The question mark has gone, and so has my anxiety !!!!!!!!!!

Regards
toymaker1
 
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