You need to give the Preference file a name. The "*" is a placeholder, also sometimes called a wildcard, that lets the program start to create a file while also waiting for your input for a file name.

The screen shots below provide an example. In the top screen shot I'm getting ready to assign a name to a Preference file. In the second screen shot I've typed in a name just before saving.

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Getting ready to assign a name to a new Preference file.
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Typed in a file name and getting ready to save.
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