Why does my Firefox icon keep going to a default Windows one? I need to reinstall Firefox each time to get it back?

I have an icon for FF on my desktop, taskbar and start menu (I know.. overkill!). When I start my machine up in the morning the FF icon has been replaced with the blank Windows one (the one where is doesn't know what the file is) and to the only way to get the right icon showing is to reinstall the software. I have tried going into the properties and setting the icon to the right one but it never changes it.... Any ideas??

I've been having this problem and posted a solution that seems to work on my blog:
[http://formattc.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/mac-os-x-10-6-snow-leopard-disappearing-dock-icons/ Fix Disappearing Dock Icons in Snow Leopard]

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