- 1). Click "Start" in the lower-left corner of the Windows Vista home screen.
- 2). Click "Default Programs" in the lower-right corner of the Start menu.
- 3). Click "Set your default programs."
- 4). Select the email program you want to use as your default from the list beneath "Programs" on the left side of the screen.
- 5). Click "Set this program as default" in the lower-right corner of the screen. The program will now be set as the default email program on your Windows Vista computer.
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