I completely don't understand the move with changing the KO layer.... WHY? It was working completely fine...
I don't also understand what you mean with this ko tick?
I will open this project in older AD, convert as I want, and then go back to the new one....
Yeah, i'm not sure i understand your problem either, So my solution maybe wrong.
I am assuming you upgraded Altium sometime in the past and the method you have been using for keepout layer no longer works in the new version.
In the newer version of Altium you cannot move things to keepout layer. The keepout system works differently.
I think if you open an old project in the new version it works fine, but you are blocked from adding any more items to the keepout layer. Since that is not how the newer version works.
Keep in mind that i'm trying to give advise about an Altium version i have only used twice myself. So i'm not 100% sure i am giving you good advice.
This is how to get to the Keepout Tickbox for a track.