Cannot copy Applications folder icon
I can mostly copy and paste icons in the "Get Info" window. In the "Get Info" window for the /Applications folder the icon can be selected (giving it a blue glow), and with it selected the Copy command is available in the Edit menu. However, a copy operation results in an empty Clipboard (as viewed by the Finder "Edit> Show Clipboard" window).
The why: I like to make a folder with sub folders for different categories, each containing aliases to appropriate apps. For many, many years, I have copy-pasted the /Applications folder icon onto my folder. I can't say for sure when this stopped working, but it I'm hitting this problem in Monterey 12.6.
iMac 21.5″, macOS 12.5