How do I set yahoo mail as my default?
In Internet Explorer: 1. Download and install Yahoo! Messenger. (no idea why it is needed) 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.
How to set up yahoo mail as my default with Windows 7 and IE 8?
Try this: Click this link (below), 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/ya... h******************************* EDIT---helpful info I hope. One guy who was using Win7 was unsuccessful until he deleted the current Yahoo toolbar that he had been using, and then installed the new one.
How do I set www.yahoo.com as my default page?
Go to the page you want to use for your home page, click Start > Control Panel > Internet Options (or Tools > Internet Options) > on the General tab under Home page click Use current, click Apply and OK. Go to Yahoo! home page http://www.yahoo.com/ , click Start > Control Panel > Internet Options (or click Tools at the top of your screen > Internet Options) > on the General tab under home page click Use current > click Apply and OK, or follow the directions below. To make Yahoo! your home page click the link below and select the Yahoo! page you prefer (you have 3 choices) and click "Make This My Home Page". http://promo.yahoo.com/homepage/ You can click this link and Yahoo! will automatically be made your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/bin/set If the above solutions don't work, try changing your default Home Page at the Windows Registry level. The link below will show you how. http://www.online-tutorials.com/folder0/60.htm
Depending on if you use Internet Explorer or another browser like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, the directions would generally follow as below:Internet Explorer:Go to ToolsSelect Internet OptionsThe General Options should show a homepage box, insert http://yahoo.comOn other browsers, it would be similar, going to the Options or Settings and setting your homepage.
How do I make yahoo.com my default homepage?
open internet, click tools click internet options And there should be a box with your default home page. change the address and save. That page will open up everytime you open IE.
How can I set yahoo as my default browser?
For win XP. Go into your Control Panel by first clicking on the Start Button. Then click on the Control Panel icon located in the right column of the Start Menu. If your Start Menu is set to the Classic View, then begin by clicking on the Start Button. Then click on Settings, then click on the Control Panel icon to open up the Control Panel. Now double click on the Add Remove Programs icon to display the list of all your installed programs. Then use your mouse to scroll down this list until you see the program you want to remove. Now highlight that program with your mouse and click on the Remove button just to the right. Windows will then remove that program from your computer including all system files relating to it. More often than not Windows will ask you to reboot your system after a program is un-installed. Whether you are asked to do so or not, you should exit the application and reboot your system
How do I set Firefox as my default web browser?
Open up Firefox and go to the top of the screen and click on the menu called Tools, then click on Options > Advanced > General. And go right down to the bottom to find under System Defaults, the following: "Always check to see if Firefox is the default browser on startup". On one side there will be a little box you can tick if you wish to perform this check every time. And on the other side will be a button called Check Now. Click it. A little window will pop up offering to make Firefox your default browser. And that's it!
These are the instructions for chrome:Click the “customize” button (the 3 dots at the top right of the chrome window).Click “Settings”In the page that opens, under the menu “On startup” find “Open a specific page or set of pages” select it and click “set pages” (the blue link)In the overlay that opens, type http://mail.yahoo.com and click OKNext time you open the browser, Yahoo mail will be the first tab open.Give it a try. Hope it works for you.
How do I change my default browser to Yahoo?
Yahoo is not a browser, it is a web page. If you want to make it your Home page go to settings, and change the homepage address to Yahoo.
If you are using the mobile version then it is slightly different. First click on the three dots in the top right of a screen.Then click on settings.Finally you click on search engines, choose your search engine(Yahoo in your case) and then click finish.