Icons Change in Dock

I have a document that I open frequently. I changed the icon of the file by using Get Info, clicking the original icon, and pasting the new icon. I then drag this file to the right side of the Dock. After a few openings and closings, the new icon disappears and the original one replaces it. Any ideas about how to prevent this?
Greg

+I don't have the display as setting. When i right click on the folder shortcut in the dock, I have Sort By View As Remove from dock Show in finder and Open "folder"+
I didn't say right-click on the Applications folder in the dock, I said click and hold, then you will get the menu as shown below. As you can see the Applications folder with the 'glass' icon shows fine once set to 'Display as Folder'

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I have went onto the apple site and downloaded fun icons to spice up my desktop and folders and I have been successfull in changing the folder icons but do not know how to change the icons in the dock.....can someone please help me out.....thanks in advance

here's how i do it... it may not be the most elegent way but it works.
1) download the icons you want to your desktop
2) right click on the one you want to use and select "copy"
3) go to the application (in your application folder, NOT the dock) and right click on the application, and select "get info"
4) a pop up window will open with all this stuff in it. left click on the top icon in the info pop-up window
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I changed most of the icons on my dock to the ones that resemble a periodic table. I did this by clicking "get info" on the application and copying and pasting the new icon into the icon slot. I was wondering how I could go back to the old original icons for the apps. Thanks in advance.

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