Lots of my folders have become read-only

Lots of my files and folders have become read-only after downloading Eclipse (I have used the Europa version as I needed to also download CFEclipse as well to program in ColdFusion) and Adobe ColdFusion. When you right-click and go to properties, the read-only button is highlighted, so I have clicked this off, but it reappears when you right-click and look at it again.
Does anybody know what has caused this and how I can fix this?

If you're talking about a Windows box, are there any folders that aren't tri-state? (Not Read-only, as you will find if you click twice).

db

Hi Darren
Thanks for your help. I am an absolute beginner in this, so am unsure of the terminology such as tri-state.
All the files and folders that I have looked at have two boxes:
Read-only (Only applies to files in folder)
Hidden
The read only is clicked in green.
Sorry I cannot be more specific.
Phil
(Sorry this would not let me send a direct message to you)

Hi Darren
Thanks for your help. I am an absolute beginner in this, so am unsure of the terminology such as tri-state.
All the files and folders that I have looked at have two boxes:
Read-only (Only applies to files in folder)
Hidden
The read only is clicked in green.
Sorry I cannot be more specific.
Phil

Hi Darren
I get you now - they do seem to be tristate - a blue, a blank and a tick.
Phil

This has nothing to do with Eclipse. All Windows systems I've worked on display the read-only statue of all folders as tri-state.

db