Sources directory is already NetBeans project error

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i got that error and i can't add project in netbeans.. please teach me how to fix this

even if i rename my folder it doesn't work...

Without some more background information (what are you trying to achieve, your system, netbeans version...) it is hard to tell. — Matt Handy, Mar 25 '11 at 10:19
i'm trying to add a project in netbeans. but it is rejecting it.. i have added it before but i can't see it in my files section.. the version of the ide is 6.9.1 — Kevin Lee, Mar 25 '11 at 10:23

score 24 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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Netbeans tries to add a folder (nbproject) to your project during import. If it is already there NB fails to add it. Move the existing nbproject folder to a different directory outside your project and try to import again.

See this question.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Mar 25 '11 at 10:21

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i deleted the nbproject but it still not accepting my request to import the porject – Kevin Lee Mar 25 '11 at 10:33
anyhow i just check the option "put netbeans metadata into a separate directory".. i hope this won't break my code in the future.. thanks man – Kevin Lee Mar 25 '11 at 10:36
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You have to restart Netbean once you deleted the folder. – Etienne Dupuis Oct 29 '13 at 19:56

score 20 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 05 '13 at 18:26

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Delete the nbproject folder in your project directory and restart the IDE.

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answered Jul 29 '11 at 15:04

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that restarting part made all the difference. that was important :) – Rahul Dole May 01 '13 at 17:59

Denys Kniazhev-Support Ukraine · Answer 3 · 2014-05-22T14:42:10.820

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I had a PHP project with maven pom.xml, with no nbproject directory and clear cache, and netbeans would refuse to create a new project from sources with that pom.xml in place. Had to remove pom.xml, create a project and put pom.xml back.

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answered Jun 21 '13 at 05:23

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presence of pom.xml tells netbeans that the folder is a project. Only workaround is to either delete/rename the pom.xml file or disable the maven support in the IDE. – mkleint Jun 25 '13 at 07:27
if you have maven support installed, then it's a maven project. That's a consequence of having maven projects supported natively, without netbeans specific metadata. – mkleint Jun 26 '13 at 07:32

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 05 '13 at 18:06

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I fixed the problem with:

rm -r ~/.cache/netbeans
rm ~/.netbeans/.superId

answered Mar 05 '13 at 18:06

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why would you do it the hard way? Can't you use the GUI? – Yannis Dran Jan 26 '14 at 23:08
Not in my case. In that occasion this was the only way I found. – Pietro Jan 27 '14 at 15:41
a maven project does not create nb folder still refuses to load – sibidiba Sep 19 '14 at 16:15

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 27 '13 at 04:48

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Instead of creating it as a New Project try Open Project if nbproject directory exists in your project root directory.

answered Jul 27 '13 at 04:48

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I hade the same problem, ie I could not see one of my projects in the project pane. However, it was still there in File->Open Recent Project. – Jean-François Beauchamp Jan 17 '14 at 21:09
@Jean-FrançoisBeauchamp: in `netbeans` if you close a project or move its code to some other directory then that project will be shown in `Open Recent Project` – Mohammad Faisal Jan 18 '14 at 09:17

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 23 '15 at 11:02

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This happen to me on MS Windows as well. Cause was netbeans.conf's

netbeans_default_options="-J-Dline.separator=LF"

answered Mar 23 '15 at 11:02

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