Project access denied using Eclipse

In my(Windows 7 64 bit) case this caused by the

.classpath file having the security block turned on.

Just right click on .classpath file, select properties and unblock it.

I had the same problem on a Windows 8 64bit. The problem was that the file .classpath had the hidden flag set. After I removed the hidden flag, everything was fine..

You just remove the .classpath and .project then continue the operations.

This can be caused by:

• The project being on a network drive
• Wrong permissions of the folder or any parent folder
• A virus scanner preventing unknown executables from accessing the hard disk

To check whether it's a permission problem, create the project in the root of your hard disk and in your home directory.

To check whether it's a problem with the virus scanner, disable it.