David Harris [https://community.jboss.org/people/dmwpepper] created the discussion "Re: Startup of task service" To view the discussion, visit: https://community.jboss.org/message/801577#801577 -------------------------------------------------------------- Ok, this seems to solve the problem in it finding the properties file and starting up.  Is the following what you expected?: C:\jbpm>ant start.human.task Buildfile: C:\jbpm\build.xml start.human.task:     [javac] C:\jbpm\build.xml:864: warning: 'includeantruntime' was not set, defaulting to build.sysclasspath=last; set to false for repeatable builds      [echo] before classname      [java] Task service registered usergroup callback ...      [java] Task service started correctly!      [java] Task service running ...  Also, the process still runs in the foreground.  When I install the demo application, and use "ant start.demo", all processes run in the background, including the human task service.  Is there a way to get the task service to run in the background when it's started by itself (which install.html says you can do).  -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [https://community.jboss.org/message/801577#801577] Start a new discussion in jBPM at Community [https://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]