Anonymous wrote:

but after clicking the help link it shows an options tab that doesn't look like the current preferences menu and I cannot find the option anywhere in the newest updated software.

I believe it links to this page:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_login_connection
It's not Preferences dialog, but Advanced Site Settings dialog:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_login_advanced

I have the most recent update of the software. I am trying to transfer files from remote to local and keep getting timeout warning then it aborts the connection after x amount of seconds and recommends turning off "Optimize connection buffer" but after clicking the help link it shows an options tab that doesn't look like the current preferences menu and I cannot find the option anywhere in the newest updated software. Am I just an idiot or is this something that I will just have to deal with copying only a few files at a time to avoid the timeout response?