Moving project to another folder in Eclipse

Question

I generally have my working projects sitting on folders on my Desktop. When they are completed I just move them to a c:dev. The thing is I'm doing it in a rather archaic way.

1. move project files
2. delete project on Eclipse
3. create new project on Eclipse on the new location

How to you guys move projects around?

If I could alter the: File -> Properties -> Resource -> Location path it would be dead simple!

Example move:

c:userdesktopproject_123
c:devproject_123

Answer 1

Right click on the Eclipse project in the Package Explorer, select Refactor, then select Move... In the dialog that comes up, enter or navigate to the new location and click OK. This will also preserve your CVS or other SCM metadata, but will also bring all your modifications as well, and you won't lose any memberships in Working Sets, launch configurations, or other things that Eclipse associates with your project.