I just tried both of those things. Specifically, I added the "network shield" provider, checked and the "Program Settings..." right-click option still did nothing. So then I repaired, and still nothing.
Ultimately I figured out that it was because I had not yet registered. Once I registered, the program settings worked fine.
So I change my statement - if the option is there, when you click it, it should tell you you need to register instead of doing nothing at all. That was rather confusing, as I just hadn't tried actually running the program from its program icon at all - I'd only used right-click options on the item in the system tray.