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Eclipse projects not showing up after placing project files in workspace/projects


I've searched for 2 days and can't find anything. I find things that are close, but not what I need.

I got a new computer recently and copied all of my projects over to my new computer.

I opened Eclipse and generated a workspace, which I then closed out of Eclipse and copied my projects into the workspace/projects folder.

I reopen Eclipse and my projects do not show up at all in the package explorer.

I know that I have the correct folders in the correct directory.

The closest thread I found to this is: Eclipse - Import an existing project?

but even that didn't help, my projects already meet that...

I have tried refreshing, reopening, fooling with working sets, etc...


Solution

  • Just because you have a project inside the workspace directory doesn't mean Eclipse opens it or even sees it automatically. You must use File → Import → General → Existing Projects into Workspace to have your projects in Eclipse.