Creatures Caves

so im using windows 11, which as all of you know is not the software that creatures docking station was meant to run on... i decided to try out the science kit to figure out my norns (specifically the brain in a vat tool). i downloaded it on steam, it did take me quite some time to figure out how to open it ;w; but in the end i managed to do so, i loaded my world (which was called 'experiment'

and imported my siamese norn anne, i loaded in my zebra norn mary with the intent of using the brain in a vat tool... however when it told me to select a creature the game completely froze up ;w; i closed the tool but i was unable to close the game through the x button, i had to do it manually through task manager... next i decided maybe the brain in a vat tool could wait and i had more to learn, so i decided to try out the biochemistry set. however when i loaded the game (same world) with the intent of exporting anne and importing mary, anne (the game didnt save when i closed it xD) was stated to already be in the 'my creatures' folder (which i was unable to find on file explorer ;w

. there was a duplicate anne in the 'import' option, so just to see what was up with it i loaded up the duplicate anne, which appeared in the game with the name of '?'. the world was essentially ruined because of the duplicate anne so i deleted the world ;w; forgive me if this is a dumb question, but how can i safely run the science kit on windows 11??