Well, I have the same problem and, unfortunately, there are errors related to Activiti Designer:
<code>eclipse.buildId=4.3.0.M20130911-1000
java.version=1.7.0_45
java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86_64, WS=win32, NL=en_US
Framework arguments: -product org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86_64 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product</code>Error message: <b>Problems occurred when invoking code from plug-in: "org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed".</b><java>java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.EcoreUtil.getURI(EcoreUtil.java:2981)
at org.activiti.designer.property.ActivitiPropertySection.getFeatureProvider(ActivitiPropertySection.java:385)
at org.activiti.designer.property.ActivitiPropertySection.getBusinessObject(ActivitiPropertySection.java:374)
at org.activiti.designer.property.ActivitiPropertySection.refresh(ActivitiPropertySection.java:136)
at org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.TabContents$6.run(TabContents.java:217)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.JFaceUtil$1.run(JFaceUtil.java:49)
at org.eclipse.jface.util.SafeRunnable.run(SafeRunnable.java:175)
at org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.TabContents.refresh(TabContents.java:220)
at org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.TabbedPropertySheetPage$SelectionChangedListener.selectionChanged(TabbedPropertySheetPage.java:222)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer$2.run(Viewer.java:164)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.JFaceUtil$1.run(JFaceUtil.java:49)
at org.eclipse.jface.util.SafeRunnable.run(SafeRunnable.java:175)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer.fireSelectionChanged(Viewer.java:162)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.updateSelection(StructuredViewer.java:2188)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.handleSelect(StructuredViewer.java:1211)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$4.widgetSelected(StructuredViewer.java:1241)
at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.fireSelectionEvent(OpenStrategy.java:239)
at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.access$4(OpenStrategy.java:233)
at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy$1.handleEvent(OpenStrategy.java:403)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1057)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1081)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1066)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.notifyListeners(Widget.java:778)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.properties.tabbed.view.TabbedPropertyList.select(TabbedPropertyList.java:864)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.properties.tabbed.view.TabbedPropertyList$2.mouseUp(TabbedPropertyList.java:175)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:220)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1057)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4170)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3759)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$9.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1113)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:997)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:138)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:610)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:567)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:150)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:124)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:354)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:181)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:636)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:591)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1450)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1426)
</java>This error is followed by a bunch (about five) of <b>Unhandled event loop exception</b> again with the participation of Activiti Designer:<java>java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.EcoreUtil.getURI(EcoreUtil.java:2981)
at org.activiti.designer.property.ActivitiPropertySection.getFeatureProvider(ActivitiPropertySection.java:385)
at org.activiti.designer.property.ActivitiPropertySection.getBusinessObject(ActivitiPropertySection.java:374)
at org.activiti.designer.property.ActivitiPropertySection$1.focusGained(ActivitiPropertySection.java:83)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:139)
…</java>