How do I make Yahoo email my default email provider?

I am getting an error message when I try to respond to an ad on Craigs List. It says my default email provider is improperly installed.


My yahoo mail works fine when I go to Yahoo mail.


Thanks.

How do I make Yahoo email my default email provider?
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Reply:How you can make Yahoo! Mail my default email application.





Set Internet Explorer or Firefox to open a Yahoo! Mail Compose window if you click an email link on a web page. Email links appear all over the place – contact us links, feedback links, peoples’ underlined names. So, what email program opens when you click links like these? Make it Yahoo! Mail!





Here’s how to set your PC, running either Internet Explorer or Firefox, to open your account’s Compose window when you click an email link on a web page. We’re sorry there’s not an official version for the Mac - yet.





PC -- Internet Explorer or Firefox





From the “Start” pop-up menu in the lower left corner of your desktop, select “Settings” ▶ “Control Panel”.


In the Control Panel, select “Internet Options”. This opens the “Internet Properties” window.


Click the “Programs” tab along the top.


Click the “E-mail” pull-down menu, and select Yahoo! Mail*


Click OK.





*Are you not seeing Yahoo! Mail in your list of E-mail programs? Adding one of Yahoo’s free downloads to your computer – Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Music, or the Yahoo! Toolbar – will put it there.
Reply:Hi,Go to mail page and click on help and it will tell you.


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Reply:To make Yahoo! Mail the default email application for your computer, click Tools %26gt; Internet Options %26gt; Programs tab %26gt; under E-mail click the down arrow and select Yahoo! Mail %26gt; click Apply. If Yahoo! Mail isn't listed as a default email option follow the directions below and it will solve your problem.





Using Internet Explorer just click "Continue" on the link below to download a small 60K file that will enable Yahoo! Mail to be the default email application for your computer. Whenever you click on an email address on any web page or in any computer program, Yahoo! Mail will open for you in a new window.





If Internet Explorer displays a yellow security bar at the top, click on it and select Install ActiveX Control from the menu.


If a security warning comes up with Yahoo! Inc. as the publisher, click Install.





Now you can click on an email address anywhere and your computer will automatically open up Yahoo! Mail for you.


You can even send documents directly from Word, Excel, or other Windows applications.





Requirements:


Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP / Vista


Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher





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