title: Adding Maven archetype in Intellij failing (does not exist)
body: <p>This is driving me nuts. I created a spring boot project using Maven a week ago and when I went to create another today the archetype was not listed. I tried using the &quot;Add Archetype&quot; option, but when I enter the info I get an error telling me that the archetype doesn't exist:</p>
  <pre><code>Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-
  plugin:2.4:generate (default-cli) on project standalone-pom: The desired 
  archetype does not exist (org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-
  parent:1.3.3.RELEASE) -&gt; [Help 1]
  </code></pre>
  <p>To be clear I entered this information when adding the archetype:</p>
  <pre><code>GroupID: org.springframework.boot
  ArtifactId: spring-boot-starter-parent
  Version: 1.3.3.RELEASE
  </code></pre>
  <p>Found here: <a href="https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-parent/1.3.3.RELEASE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Link</a>
  This also leaves a broken archetype the library now too.</p>
  <p>Additionally, I tried creating an empty project and generating the archetype using the command:</p>
  <pre><code>mvn archetype:generate
  </code></pre>
  <p>Unfortunately, I couldn't find 'spring-boot-starter-parent' so I used 'spring-boot-blank-archetype' instead. It executes successfully, but nothing happens in IntelliJ; it remains completely blank. However, if I access the file through the file system on my computer I see that the a correct file structure exists: pom, iml, demo app and all.</p>
  <p>I tried rebuilding the project in Intellij I receive this error:</p>
  <pre><code>Error:Failed to load project configuration: cannot read file /path/to
  /directory/.idea/modules.xml: 
  /path/to/directory/.idea/modules.xml:  (No such file or directory)
  </code></pre>
  <p>Not sure what this means and couldn't find anything useful online.</p>
  <p>My questions:</p>
  <ol>
  <li>How do I add an archetype in maven correctly? (or what am I missing?)</li>
  <li>What does that error mean and can it be fixed?</li>
  </ol>
  <p>Extras:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>Running Ubuntu</li>
  <li>Running IntelliJ 15.0.4</li>
  <li>Running JDK 8</li>
  <li>Favorite color is yellow (but more on the golden side)</li>
  </ul>