Applications Folder Icon position

I have 10.5.6 and just recently, every time I open my applications window the folders are arranged alphabetically. I move them so that they are in the order I want, then next time I start up they are back to alphabetically listing--anyone know how to lock them in place? Checked View but can't find anything there.

If you are in List View, Column View, or Quick Look View, the folders will be alphabetized. In the Icon View, I selected “None” from the View Options window, moved around the folders, restarted, clicked on the icon view button (I have the default set to open in Column View) and the folders were still there in the out of order places where I had put them.
If yours doesn’t work that way, perhaps if you tried moving the com.apple.finder.plist file from the Macintosh HD/Users/Library/Preferences folder to the Desktop and restarted it would help.
If it doesn’t help, you can put the .plist file back in its Preferences folder to replace the newly created .plist file and restore your Finder preferences.

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