Momnerd

I still haven't figured this out! Could somebody please help me? I gave details to my problem earlier but as far as I can tell nobody has responded to me yet. I have 3.36 and I unzipped it and put it in the effects folder but nothing shows up in paint.

This is my first attempt at installing a plug in. I want to use the Feather effect and some others but I am still very new at all of this. I installed it from here: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=22819&hilit=feather+plug+ins into D:\paint.net\Effects (paint.net is on my D drive because my C drive is tiny). I then went and extracted it, closed the paint.net program, reopened it and nothing was there. I have read through many other troubleshooting posts and tried everything I could find (and understand). I've tried it twice and no luck. Could somebody help me? Also, if this helps..when I opened the effects folder it was empty. Is that normal or am I somehow in the wrong place. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!