Re: Please Help - Changing my default email program!
From: cmptr_iliterate (cmptriliterate_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/16/04
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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:45:02 -0800
Hi Bert and Michael. Thank you for your suggestion but I messed something up
I think. Let me explain. I took your suggestion and it worked perfectly.
The two things that happened during the installation process is that a
message appeared telling me I had to install an active x control file (or
something like that); I hesitantly installed it. Then a popup window
appeared asking me to download the small yahoo file; which I did. I know the
process worked successfully because I went into tools>internet
options>programs tab and I noticed yahoo mail was now my default. The
following will explain my problem:
So I panic because I thought I read somewhere its not a good idea to load
"active x control files" so I went to add/remove programs and removed the
"yahoo mail" file. So I shut down my computer lastnight and went to bed.
This morning I decided to reinstall file to make Yahoo Mail as my default.
So I started the process again but this time the "go to this help page" link
is BOLD and not a link. In otherwords, I can't click on it to go to the next
page. I have "refreshed the page". I also went into tools>options and
delete my cookies, delete temp files and offline files and then restarted my
laptop. The "go to this help page" is still BOLD. I did notice that other
links in the Yahoo Help Central work but for some reason the link that I need
is BOLD. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you and I learned my lesson
which is not to mess with something that works..its just that I freaked out
because of the active control x file....I think I heard somewhere that could
be harmful. Thank you again. By the way, why is this happening? Rochelle.
"Bert Kinney" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Online Support: Teach your computer to use Yahoo! Mail.
> http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/ext/ext-11.html
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
> http://dts-l.org/
>
> "cmptr_iliterate" wrote
> > Hello. I recently purchased a new laptop that is running Windows XP SP2
> > Professional with Internet Explore 6.0 SP2. My question is: How do I make
> > Yahoo Mail my default email program? I know I need to go to
> > Tools>internet
> > option>programs tab and then from the E-mail drop down menu I select
> > it...but
> > I do not see Yahoo Mail as an option. I recall that I was able to do that
> > on
> > my previous laptop that was running Win2K Professional with IE 5.0. Also,
> > on
> > my old laptop I had Yahoo Messenger and on my new laptop I do not have
> > Yahoo
> > Messenger installed. So maybe thats why its not an option. Any
> > advice/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Rochelle.
> > --
> > Thank You!
>
>
>
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