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Bug 319120

Summary:	Losing projects
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Tim Watko <timothy.watko>
Component:	IDE	Assignee:	Platform-UI-Inbox <Platform-UI-Inbox>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	remy.suen
Version:	3.5.2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Tim Watko

2010-07-07 09:16:05 EDT

Build Identifier: Build id: 20100218-1602

I've been creating multiple projects. After I've made 3 or 4, I can no longer open the older projects. In the project directory, there are .metadata and .settings directories and .cproject and .project files, but Eclipse does not recognize the project. What am I missing?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create a project 'A'
2.Create several more projects
3.Attempt to reopen project 'A'

Comment 1 Remy Suen

2010-07-07 09:21:34 EDT

(In reply to comment #0)
> 1.Create a project 'A'
> 2.Create several more projects
> 3.Attempt to reopen project 'A'

Projects don't randomly close themselves. When did you close project 'A'? Or are you implying that Eclipse closed it out of its own will.

Please provide more precise steps.

Comment 2 Tim Watko

2010-07-07 09:35:48 EDT

Never mind, I am still not completely comfortable with workspace/project issues. Is there any documentation that you would recommend.

Comment 3 Remy Suen

2010-07-07 10:00:39 EDT

(In reply to comment #2)
> Never mind, I am still not completely comfortable with workspace/project
> issues. Is there any documentation that you would recommend.

You can ask specific questions on the forums.
http://www.eclipse.org/forums/

Or check the documentation.
http://help.eclipse.org