Index: src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/ui/views/plugins/JavaSearchOperation.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.pde.ui/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/ui/views/plugins/JavaSearchOperation.java,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 JavaSearchOperation.java
--- src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/ui/views/plugins/JavaSearchOperation.java	3 Aug 2007 21:18:42 -0000	1.2
+++ src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/ui/views/plugins/JavaSearchOperation.java	28 Aug 2007 01:30:58 -0000
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  *
  * Contributors:
  *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *     Remy Chi Jian Suen <remy.suen@gmail.com> - Bug 201342 'Add to Java Search' does not reopen/recreate 'External Plug-in Libraries' project
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.views.plugins;
 
@@ -58,8 +59,12 @@
 	public IProject createProxyProject(IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException {
 		IWorkspaceRoot root = PDECore.getWorkspace().getRoot();
 		IProject project = root.getProject(SearchablePluginsManager.PROXY_PROJECT_NAME);
-		if (project.exists())
+		if (project.exists()) {
+			if (!project.isOpen()) {
+				project.open(monitor);
+			}
 			return project;
+		}
 		
 		monitor.beginTask(NLS.bind(PDEUIMessages.JavaSearchOperation_createProjectTaskName, SearchablePluginsManager.PROXY_PROJECT_NAME), 5); 
 		project.create(new SubProgressMonitor(monitor, 1));