How do I make Yahoo my default Email in Windows Vista?

How do I make Yahoo Mail my default Windows email program?

• I used to have a Yahoo Mail icon on my desktop, and I could right click a file and have an option to send it to Yahoo Mail. But now both options are gone. Does anyone know what I need to change or install? I'm using IE 7 and have the Yahoo Toolbar installed.

• Answer:

  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. There’s not an official version for the Mac - yet. PC -- Internet Explorer or Firefox 1.From the “Start” pop-up menu in the lower left corner of your desktop, select “Settings” > “Control Panel”. 2.In the Control Panel, select “Internet Options”. This opens the “Internet Properties” window. 3.Click the “Programs” tab along the top. 4.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? Download Yahoo! Messenger. It’s easy, it’s quick, and it puts Yahoo! Mail in your E-mail application list. http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/settings/settings-10.html You can download Yahoo! Messenger here: http://messenger.yahoo.com/ If you already have Yahoo! Messenger, re-install it. If you don't want Yahoo! Messenger and uninstall it, it should leave Yahoo! Mail in the list of email options. Any of these ways will put a Yahoo! Mail shortcut icon on your desktop. To put a Yahoo! Mail shortcut icon on your desktop, go to Yahoo! Mail page http://www.mail.yahoo.com/ , at the top of your screen click File, a menu drops down, put your mouse cursor on Send, a menu pops up, click Shortcut to Desktop. Another way: Go to Yahoo! Mail page, right click on a blank space, a menu pops up, click Create Shortcut, a pop up asks "Do you want to put a shortcut to this website on your desktop", click Yes. Another way: If it is listed in All Programs: Click Start > All Programs > right click on Yahoo! Mail > point to Send To and on the menu that pops up click Desktop ( create shortcut ). Another way: Right click on desktop > point to New and on the menu that pops up click Shortcut > in the box that opens type http://www.mail.yahoo.com/ > click Next and in the next box that opens type Yahoo! Mail and click Finish. Another way: Go to Yahoo! Mail Page > left click and hold on the blue bar at the top of your browser window and pull down far enough to expose the desktop, or drag one side in or the bottom up far enough to expose the desktop (if it won't move, click the box beside the X at the top right corner of the screen to Restore Down) > left click and hold on the icon on the left of the address on the address bar and drag it to the desktop and release it, then you can minimize the window and left click on the icon and hold and drag it to where you want it on your desktop.