title: IntelliJ IDE | .iml File lost or deleted
body: <p>Last week I was working on a Java EE project with IntelliJ IDE.</p>
  <p>Today: As I started up my IntelliJ 2016.1 and it gave me the error:</p>
  <p><strong>Error Loading Project</strong></p>
  <p><em>Cannot load module FirstWebApp</em></p>
  <p>As I looked at the details it said it could not find my FirstWebApp.iml file and so could not load my project.</p>
  <p>I checked out my project structure in the Explorer and everything except the iml file were there. I also looked at the Recycle Bin but I couldn't find it there as well.</p>
  <ul>
  <li><p>How can such a file just disappear?</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>How can I get my iml file back if its possible?</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>What do these iml files do?</p>
  </li>
  </ul>
  <p>I'm new in the Java World. If more information is needed just comment! :)</p>