Dock folder alias icons not showing
So, I used to always make aliases of my most used apps and drop them in different stacks on my dock to stay organized. For some reason (and this worked when I had the programs running on OS X Snow Leopard and Lion) MS Office products will not show up as an alias in the dock. I can put the application file there instead of their folder in Applications and the icon shows but I do not want to do this in case it needs to reference anything else in the same folder. I have opened the stack's folder in finder and clicked 'get info' to see if the icon showed there, and it does. Its not essential since the app still opens but I think it looks much nicer than a blank page for an icon.
MacBook Air (13-INCH, MID 2011), OS X Mountain Lion