How to set default email program. I want to make Yahoo mail my default but it does not appear as an option?

To make Yahoo the default Mail.





Click Tools%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;then click Internet Options.


In the dialog box that opens, click the "programs" tab across the top, and then, click the down arrow at the end of the Email line, and choose Yahoo Mail. Apply and OK.





If Yahoo doesn't appear on the list, as one of the choices-----(((it usually doesn't)))----you will have to download (OR RE-download) Messenger---all of it----and that will put Yahoo on the list.





Now go back (tools-internet options-programs) and you will able to select Yahoo---apply and ok.





Later, you can remove Messenger---if you really don't want it---without affecting the setting.
How to set default email program. I want to make Yahoo mail my default but it does not appear as an option?
Your browser “homepage” is the web page that you see each time you open a new browser window. To personalize yours and set Yahoo! as your homepage, follow the instructions below for your browser.





Note: If your homepage setting changes and you did not reset it, your computer might be infected by spy ware, ad ware or other harmful software and you must remove the spy ware from your computer. If you use Yahoo! Toolbar, Anti-Spy can help you find these types of programs. For more information on Yahoo! Anti spy please see: Yahoo! Toolbar Anti spy Help.





Internet Explorer:


Open an Internet Explorer browser window.


In the toolbar at the top of the window, click Tools %26gt; Internet Options.


In the Internet Options dialog box, click the General tab.


In the Home page text box, type the URL of the web page that you want to be your homepage. For example:


Type http://www.yahoo.com/ in the text box for the Yahoo! homepage.


Type http://search.yahoo.com/ in the text box for the Yahoo! Search homepage.


Click OK.


The next time you open your browser it should open the page you entered.