I'm glad to hear it all worked out! As for your two minor issues, I am not sure I can help with those right now. I am surprised that the scope focal length and guide scope focal length do not save. Did KStars crash before you restarted it? Sometimes I note that if there is a crash and it doesn't get shut down properly, some preferences don't save. But if that isn't the problem, I am not sure I know. You might try posting in a new forum post.
For the second item, that is a new feature that I don't have any experience with. I have had my head very deep in the building and packaging scripts and code and I haven't even gotten to play with any new features recently, (plus it is full moon). You might want to ask Jasem or post in the general forum, since I think he is the one who might have worked on that.