Some projects cannot be imported because they already exist in the workspace error in Eclipse

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Kelley Duran picture Kelley Duran · Jul 16, 2011 · Viewed 322.6k times · Source

I am trying to import a project that me and my co-worker have been working on.. and keep getting this error after I select-- "import" then "import existing project" then click archive file, and then I click next, and this error comes up:

"Some projects cannot be imported because they already exist in the workspace"

Answer

rekinyz picture rekinyz · Jan 29, 2012

Uncheck the "copy projects into workspace" checkbox, and then click "refresh" button, you will be able to import the project

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