Set yahoo as default email program in vista

This information is used by Yahoo to help you change the password to your email account in case you forget it. The Yahoo email account which you logged into would be configured as your default email address. Your email address will not be published.

Make Yahoo Mail the default email in Windows or your web browser When you select a primary "mail to" email in your browser, that email program will be the one that opens whenever you click a contact us link.

Set up in Firefox Firefox is another browser that supports Yahoo Mail as a mail to option. Was this article helpful? Yes No. Please tell us why you didn't find this helpful. Watch out for ads on the sites that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP Potentially Unwanted Products.

Thoroughly research any product advertised on the sites before you decide to download and install it. In reply to Vinu chandran's post on August 3, Hi i dont have windows mail app.

Not aware of a gmail default installer. Can you send me a screenshot here along with your reply about what you are installing and what is missing. In reply to Vinu chandran's post on August 4, In reply to tomslm's post on August 4, Why do you install crap instead of a true mail client?

If you're not happy with Windows Mail which isn't a client but works or Outlook, there's the free Thunderbird which is a full fledged piece of software. In reply to Spigolo's post on August 4, Ultimately, I believe that the simplest solution is to continue using your web-based email the way that you have been, but install a desktop email program, probably Windows Live Mail, and configure it to send email through your Yahoo account.

That way, whenever you click on one of those Send-to links, Windows has a default email program to call on and that default email program is configured to use your email account.

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Yahoo is my home page and I have Yahoo toolbar installed. I use Firefox, but am still using XP. Yahoo is my default email program. No widgets; no toolbars I detest those things. It just works with no helpers. Or at least it did. Was always clicking the wrong buttons.