Where's my mail icon?

OE is my default E-mail. How can I get IE 7 to go to OE and not Yahoo Mail when I press the Mail icon?

• Internet Explorer 6 had a mail icon that would take you to your default E-Mail. Internet Explorer 7 added a Yahoo toolbar with a mail icon that takes you to Yahoo Mail and not the default. How do I get the mail icon to take me to my default Outlook Express instead. I did not ask and to not want Yahoo Mail for my E-mail or is this the price we have to pay for the new Yahoo-Microsoft alliance?

• Answer:

  If the Mail icon isn't on Internet Explorer 7 toolbar, right click on the toolbar and on the menu that pops up choose "Customize Command Bar." Then, choose "Add or Remove Commands". From the list on the left, choose "Read Mail" and click the "Add" button. Then, with the "Read Mail" entry highlighted, use the buttons marked "Move Up" and "Move Down" to place the email icon where you want on the toolbar. Click the "Close" button. You can add all the listed icons and all that don't show on the toolbar will be listed under the chevrons ( a symbol that looks like this >> ) on the bottom right corner of the toolbar. If you click the mail icon and another email opens instead of Outlook Express then you need to set Outlook Express as your default email. Click Start > Control Panel (or Tools on Internet Explorer 7 Toolbar) > Internet Options > Programs tab > under E-mail click the down arrow and select Outlook Express > click Apply. If you don't want the Yahoo! Toolbar, click the pencil icon beside the big red Y on Yahoo! Toolbar and click Uninstall on the drop down menu. If you want to keep it but not have it show, right click on a blank spot on the toolbar and on the drop down menu uncheck Yahoo! Toolbar. These links might also be helpful. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/ie7_toolbar.mspx http://www.uwec.edu/help/internet.htm Internet Explorer 7 Tour http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/tour/fre/default.mspx