Cannot create Maven Project in eclipse

Question

I have Eclipse Luna and Maven 3.2.3 installed on a Windows 7 machine behind a corporate firewall.

Trying to create a project from an archetype results in the follow

Answer 1

In my case following solution worked.

1. Delete RELEASE directory & resolver-status.properties file in your local Maven repository under directory .m2/../maven-archetype-quickstart.
2. Create Maven project in Eclipse or STS (Spring Tool Suite). It will automatically download quickstart archetype & work as expected.

I hope this may help someone.