not sure what the .conf real name is (zonecoin.conf?) either way you can make sure it reads the conf you made by starting your wallet with the -conf=whatever.conf option (so right click on your wallet shortcut (if not shortcut make one) select properties and add the -conf=whatunamedyourconf.conf    and apply and restart wallet)

make sure to put the .conf in your zonecoin folder (in windows open explorer and type %appdata% in the path and hit enter this will take you to your /users/whateveruser/appdata/roaming folder)

NOTE: if you use the -conf= option you can place your conf outside the roaming folder like c:/walletconfigs/  then just add -conf=c:\walletconfigs\zonecoinorwhateveryounamedit.conf to your shortcut and never have to dive into roaming again for your config file.