Apps icons won't stay arranged

Just got a intel Mac mini on which I did a clean install of Leopard that I updated with the combo update to 10.5.8, then I repaired the permissions.
My Applications folder is set to be viewed by icons, and then I choose "arrange by name", also setting a background pic for the folder and a size for the icons.
Everytime I reboot the Mac, the folder is a mess with the icons everywhere, no pic, small size, etc... I tried a lot of things from permission repairs, trashing Finder pref files, cleaning caches, trashing .ds store files... nothing works!
Any idea is welcome!

With your window open and arranged as you prefer press COMMAND-J. Check the box at the top to always display in icon view, set any other parameters, then click the set as default button at the bottom. This should fix things.

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Badge app icons won't stay off

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