Project doesn't appear in Eclipse Project Explorer, and I can't import it

Question

I had a project that disappeared from the Project Explorer in Eclipse. I tried Import > General > Existing Project into Workspace and got an error saying No projects are found to import. Then I tried creating a new project and got an error saying that a project already exists there. ~/Eclipse/workspace/myProject overlaps the location of another project: 'myProject'

What's going on? How can I make the project show up in Eclipse?

Answer 1

Generally, Eclipse is looking for Eclipse specific file in root directory like .project .classpath that may be missing in your scenario,try to create new work-space and switch there, and then try to import projects.

It may work for you, and if that don't work, try this:

1. Close Eclipse.
2. Go to workspace.metadata.plugins
3. Remove org.eclipse.core.resources
4. Start Eclipse
5. Do File -> Import
6. General -> Existing Projects into Workspace and import all the project from the workspace.

Answer 2

The project handle that eclipse creates might have been deleted accidentally or corrupted.

If all the project source contents are intact on the disk, you can delete the files/foders that eclipse creates around the project that usually start with a 'period' (.project, .settings etc.) and then create a project with the same name.

You might find a solution on this post, check this you haven't already. Eclipse: Error ".. overlaps the location of another project.." when trying to create new project

Answer 3

I got the same trouble. What I did to fix it was:

• Create an empty java project with the right name
• Import project/General/File System, select the project in my workspace folder
• Select the empty project created before as destination
• Right click on project/Team/Share project/Select right git repository
• Right click on project/Team/Reset hard on master branch

Now I have the project in my Package Explorer.