how do I make yahoo mail my default on windows 7?

(I saved two solutions, and can't remember which one I used for Windows 7.) The first one worked well for Windows XP. Use the Control Panel or browser to change the settings, NOT the registry - that could be very dangerous!

1. First, open your Yahoo Mail account and then go through the following steps. (This is for XP, but steps are similar for Vista and Win 7)

Click Start > Set Program Access and Default. (It's Default Programs in Win 7)) Click the double down arrow for Custom. Click buttons to enable the options you want ...

Set it to say 'Use my current' for all areas, and click Enable for all except Windows Messenger (There are far better ones, and this one is NOT the same as Windows Live Hotmail Messenger!)

In Windows 7, click Control Panel\Programs\Default Programs\Set Program Access\Custom >click the Choose a default e-mail program radio dial for 'Use my current e-mail program, then click OK at the bottom

2. If you use a Web-based e-mail client like Gmail or Yahoo, you've probably encountered this hassle before: you click a 'mailto' link on a Web page, then watch while Windows tries to open Outlook, Windows Live Mail, or some other desktop program you don't use and haven't configured. Error messages (and possibly cursing) ensue.

There are various hoops you can jump through to configure Windows and/or your browser to direct these e-mail links to the proper destination (e.g. Yahoo, Gmail), but why bother? Using this program, there are no extra tool bars, no struggling with many settings for different browsers.

Gmail Default Maker http://gmaildefault.codeplex.com/ is a small, simple utility that does the hoop-jumping for you. (The program really needs a name change!) Just run the free program, then choose the default mail service you want: AOL, Hotmail, Gmail, or Yahoo. It is that easy. Now, whenever you click a 'mailto' link, you'll land in the proper Web client, not an unwanted desktop program.

Source(s):

http://www.pcworld.com/article/211578/random_fixes...

3. (an older reference) In Internet Explorer: (won't work for Vista)

1. Download and install Yahoo! Messenger.

2. Select Tools | Internet Options... from the menu in Internet Explorer.

3. Go to the Programs tab.

4. Make sure Yahoo! Mail is selected under E-mail.

5. Click OK.

If you don't have Yahoo! Toolbar v.7.2 or newer for Internet Explorer installed, you need to download it first, at http://toolbar.yahoo.com/ie. When you install it, make sure you select the Install the Yahoo! Mail Plug-in and make Yahoo! Mail my default Mail provider checkbox.

Then, Start > Control Panel > Internet Options > Programs > E-mail > Yahoo! Mail > OK

In Firefox browser,

1. Go to Tools -> Options.

2. Click on Applications tab icon.

3. Locate and click to highlight mailto Content Type, and at the corresponding drop down box of Action, select Use Yahoo! Mail.

4. Click OK.

Source(s):

http://email.about.com/od/yahoomailtip1/qt/et_defa...

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/classic/sett...

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/07/02/how-to-se...

Download and install the newest and latest yahoo toolbar.

http://us.toolbar.yahoo.com/?.cpdl=swat02

And during the download and install process the program is going to ask if you want yahoo mail as your default mail provider. Just click on the correct spaces your done all set.

JTSYS

Click this link, from Yahoo, for detailed instructions on making Yahoo your default mail client on ---*Internet Explorer*.

You WILL be required to download their "newest" toolbar----use the "download" link that is on that page, to be sure and get the correct one.

That download adds Yahoo! Mail to your PC's list of email programs to choose from. (follow the instructions).

THEN, after you've chosen Yahoo! Mail as your PC's default email application (client), Yahoo! Mail will open when you click "ANY" email link in "ANY" browser, at ''ANY'' time.

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/se...

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IF you use Win7---to be successful---you "may" have to first remove the current (old) Yahoo toolbar, before downloading the new one

If you are using Microsoft-Internet Explorer go to Control panel, Internet Options, under the general tab, see home page in the box put in http://www.my.yahoo.com/, it will always open to yahoo, and then you just click mail, that's how I have mine set up, hope you like, or if you want to go directly to mail, go to the page you want say the one that opens and shows all listed Inbox, Drafts,Sent, Spam, Trash,... Now that you are on that mail list page, go up to your address bar, copy & paste that into the the box where I had you put my yahoo.com earlier, then it will go strait to that page you chose. I hope after all that - that is what you wanted, if not in the next passage you can find contacts to get in touch with yahoo.

Maybe this can help you, I use Internet Explorer and could not find a solution to switch back to Classic Mail permanently after 2 days of pulling my hair out lots of problems! I have not found links work permanently, I went to CONTACT YAHOO CUSTOMER CARE, then clicked on LIVE CHAT, told them my old computer can not handle it, and they switched me back 5 to10 min. total, no problem, and they do not prompt me to switch anymore! You can also call Yahoo USA, but you will have a long wait! 1-866-562-7219 & 1-408-349-1572, and as always you can go to, (Help.yahoo.com). Don’t forget to vote and or comment on the best answer, really I enjoy helping people and getting the happy and sometimes funny comments and or stories back. :) Anyway Good Luck!

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