Maya ART tools not reading project folders

When I go to add character for animation from a.r.t.1.0 menu, i get a pop up window saying "there are no projects to add a character from. Ive created a default of everything and tried to still no results. I did do something earlier that made the animation interface come up, but I dont know what it was, because it was still having the same problem, just happen to work one time…

Thanks in advance.