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[robgil]

When I configure my music folder so it can be changed by unchecking the read only box in properties Vista keeps checking it again to read only.
Any ideas?

[MrC]

... the read only box in properties...

Which read-only box?  If it is the one I think you're checking, that's not the one you want.  Go under the Security tab in Properties, and be sure you have the permissions you need.

[robgil]

Ah I see, I have set the permissions for ''everyone'' to ''full control'' in the security tab.
Thanks MrC.

[InflatableMouse]

Folders are always readonly. Don't ask me why though its just the way it is.

[glynor]

Folders are always readonly. Don't ask me why though its just the way it is.

This explains it:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549

Shorter: Directories on NTFS don't support the Read-Only flag.  The same "filesystem bit" that is used by Windows to set a file as read only, is used by Windows to set a directory to System/Non-System status.  However, you aren't able to change the System/Non-System flag for directories via any of the built-in GUI tools, so that's just an esoteric technical note.  Folders can't be read only, and if they do somehow get set that way, Windows ignores it.  Folder access is controlled via permissions.

The gray-filled Read-Only checkbox in the File Properties dialog, for subdirectories, doesn't mean "some items under this one are set Read-Only" as it would normally.  It means "we don't know, maybe", it is controlled by permissions.