Having problems with saving configurations

I have had anim80r for a while and never tried using plugins. After putting plugin script files into the scripts directory I then started the program. Obviously I knew that I had to restart the program for the f8ce plugin to work. When the program reloaded I didnt see the face options anywhere in the program, neither on the toolbar or in any options.
I checked configuration and discovered that even though i set the directory for scripts to the script folder AND checkmarked preload scripts, that the entire configuration was blank again. it seems i do not know how to save configurations.

i tried clicking file > save all. i tried saving a project while the configurations were set. i tried leaving the program open for 30 minutes thinking that maybe it needed time to auto save preferences. None of these methods worked and after literally a couple hundred tries the path configurations just dont want to save.

So how do i save it?