Hi, I've seen this kind of question pop up several times on this and other forums, but none of the suggested solutions work for me, so I'm posting it myself. No matter what I do, whenever I restart my Mac (OS X 10.7.2), the Applications icon is gone from the Dock. I then have to drag a symlink from Finder to where it's supposed to be, to the left of the Trash. Is there any way to prevent this from happening? Any help much appreciated. Best, fort