Applications folder icon changes after restart

I changed the icon of my applications-folder.
after every restart the original icon (pen, ruler,...) comes back again.
how can this problem be solved?
any ideas?
thank you
frank

Log in as root. Change the icon. Log out and log back into your "normal" account.
DD

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