Index: plugin.xml
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--- plugin.xml	(revision 21533)
+++ plugin.xml	(working copy)
@@ -1531,4 +1531,8 @@
       </propertySections>
    </extension> 
    
+   <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.startup">
+      <startup class="org.jbpm.gd.jpdl.StartupClass"/>   
+   </extension> 
+
 </plugin>
Index: src/org/jbpm/gd/jpdl/StartupClass.java
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--- src/org/jbpm/gd/jpdl/StartupClass.java	(revision 0)
+++ src/org/jbpm/gd/jpdl/StartupClass.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.jbpm.gd.jpdl;
+
+import org.eclipse.ui.IStartup;
+import org.jbpm.gd.jpdl.prefs.Jbpm3PreferencesManager;
+
+public class StartupClass implements IStartup {
+
+	public void earlyStartup() {
+		// Reference the Jbpm3PreferencesManager to trigger the initialization.
+		Jbpm3PreferencesManager.INSTANCE.toString();
+	}
+
+}