how to make yahoo mail my default email?

Question

when I purchased my last computer from Compaq it had all the yahoo items and when I clicked on email link it would go to yahoo email and compose email with the email address already filled in now I have a laptop and I want it to do the same. How do I do it?

Answer 1

The Yahoo! Default Email Application is a small 60KB download that allows you to set Yahoo! Mail as your default email application in Microsoft Windows. For example, in Internet Explorer it lets you access your Yahoo! Mail account from any email link on a web page, as well as from the "File/Send" menu or the "Mail" button on the IE toolbar. It also allows you to send a file using Yahoo! Mail directly from Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. It's perfect for Yahoo! Mail power users who would like easier access to their Yahoo! Mail accounts.

To install the program:



Go to this help page : http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/ext/ext-11.html



Check to make sure your system meets the requirements listed.

Click on "Continue." The program will automatically install on your hard drive and set Yahoo! Mail as your default email application.



After the download is complete, you'll have the opportunity to add links or shortcuts to Yahoo! Mail from your desktop and "Quick Launch" menu.



Once this application is installed, when you send files from Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, you'll be taken to the attachments interface in Yahoo! Mail. At the top of the attachments page, you'll be told where your file is temporarily stored. You can add the file to your message by clicking on "Browse" to find it in the location indicated and then attaching as usual.

Answer 2

Internet Explorer 5

1. Start Internet Explorer.

2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.

3. Click the Programs tab.

4. In the E-mail box and in the Newsgroups box, click the program you want.

5. Click OK.



Internet Explorer 4.0, 4.01

1. Start Internet Explorer.

2. On the View menu, click Internet Options.

3. Click the Programs tab.

4. In the Mail box and in the News box, click the program you want.

5. Click OK.



Internet Explorer 3.0

1. Start Internet Explorer.

2. On the View menu, click Options.

3. Click the Programs tab.

4. In the Mail box in the Mail And News area, click the program you want.

5. Click OK.

Answer 3

Internet Explorer 5

1. Start Internet Explorer.

2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.

3. Click the Programs tab.

4. In the E-mail box and in the Newsgroups box, click the program you want.

5. Click OK.



Internet Explorer 4.0, 4.01

1. Start Internet Explorer.

2. On the View menu, click Internet Options.

3. Click the Programs tab.

4. In the Mail box and in the News box, click the program you want.

5. Click OK.



Internet Explorer 3.0

1. Start Internet Explorer.

2. On the View menu, click Options.

3. Click the Programs tab.

4. In the Mail box in the Mail And News area, click the program you want.

5. Click OK.

Answer 4

I had the very similar challenge too. the only way you are able to make it your default digital mail is, a million. get carry of Yahoo! Messenger. 2. Then Uninstall each and each and every of the Yahoo! Messenger factors in "upload or eliminate classes" except for Yahoo! Mail. it might have immediately been put in. 3. bypass to internet recommendations. 4. Then bypass to the "classes" tab. 5. Then lower than digital mail, click it to drop down and Yahoo! Mail should be one in each and every of your possibilities. strong success =]