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

Question

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

Answer 1

In my case i had deleted the resources directory from my .metadata.plugins:

1. Go to your workspace
2. Enter .metadata.plugins
3. Delete : org.eclipse.core.resources directory