Desktop folder icon change?

I tried to change a few of my desktop folder icons..Where I put my roms and my no$zoomer..I found some ok icons and wanted to change it form the regular folder to like the no$zoomer icon I found . So, I right clicked on the folder..then properties and changed it. yet, when I looged back on this morning my changes weren't saved somehow, Just shows the regular folder. I clicked apply then ok to accpet the change. Anoyone know how to correc this?HoustonTX224

That will not work on the desktop, you can only change the icon for files that are already within a directory

Or you can get Stardock Icon Packager. It allows you to change system icons.