Installing a plain plugin jar in Eclipse 3.5

Question

Since Eclipse 3.5 there seems to be no option to have drop a plugin jar ( not a feature ) in the Eclipse base directory and have it picked up at next startup.

Is the

Answer 1

in Eclipse 4.4.1

1. copy jar in "C:\eclipse\plugins"
2. edit file "C:\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator\bundles.info"
3. add jar info. example: com.soft4soft.resort.jdt,2.4.4,file:plugins\com.soft4soft.resort.jdt_2.4.4.jar,4,false
4. restart Eclipse.