AOL Desktop Gold
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AOL gold freezes every day
Everyday AOL GOLD freezes up and I have to use Google. Why am I paying you to use your desktop if it does not work!! YOU SHOULD BE PAYING ME TO USE AOL GOLD!!! Don't force people to use this ****! FIX IT ALREADY!! I AM PAYING YOU 3.99 a MONTH SO IS EVERYONE ELSE!!!
2nd rankedThank you for your report, our engineers are actively working on the issues you have described.
Please follow the steps:
1. Open AOL Desktop Gold→Export the data by going to Edit→General Settings→My Data→Export/Backup→Select the location for your backup and then Save→Click on “OK” without entering a password→Wait until the export finishes.
2. If AOL Desktop Gold does not launch or it freezes right away→Go to the search bar on the lower left corner on Windows and type “Run”→Type in the Run box the word “appdata” then OK→Click on “Local”→Go to “AOLDesktopData”→Right click on the folder called “db” and select “Copy” and paste it on the Desktop screen.
3. Then, go back to Local→Right click on “AOLDesktopData” and then select “Rename” and type in “AOLDesktopData1”.
4. Uninstall the current AOL Desktop Gold version by going to Control Panel→Programs and features (Windows 7) or Apps and Features (Windows 10).
5. Install AOL… -
chat rooms
Why even bother with AOL , if you get rid of chat rooms?
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Sign in to post?
Why are you all of a sudden asking me to sign-in to post a comment when I'm already signed in AOL? I've figured a work-around, but why are you doing this in the first place? A form of censorship? (I've already written to Verizon Media about this.)
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My inbox is getting more and more COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. I pay for AOL service, I do NOT PAY TO HAVE TO DELETE unwanted email.
My idea is for you to NOT keep sending me emails that are ADVERTISEMENTS. i'M SICK TO DEATH of money-grubbing huge multinational corporations trying so desperately to get MORE AND MORE AND MORE MONEY from me, and other people with limited incomes. It's disgusting and you people ought to be ashamed of yourselves. But of course you are not, because MONEY is all that will ever capture your attention.
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Gold ********!!!!!!!!!
This covers everything about AOL Gold!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AOL has completely gone to the HAWG pen with all and slop included...........
9.8 version..... Please bring back. Gold still has too many issues after how many years???????? *** SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!6th ranked -
Now that the AOL computer system has erased ALL of my Mail GROUPS... I DEMAND that AOL put MY Address Book... with MY contacts... back on to
Now that the AOL computer system has erased ALL of my Mail GROUPS...
I DEMAND that AOL put MY Address Book...
with MY contacts...
back on to MY computer...
as a separate file...
like it USED TO BE !!!!!!AOL had NO right EVER to remove MY contacts from MY computer !!!!!!!!!!!
.103rd rankedPlease let us know if you have lost the contacts altogether, or just the groups you had saved on AOL Desktop Gold. And also, let us know if you can see the contacts/groups on mail.aol.com. You can use the Quick Find option on AOL Desktop Gold as well, to search for the contacts by their name/email address.
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Article length
How about stating how many pages one has to click through until the final conclusion of an article. After 4-5 I give up.
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I have the following problem with my account for no reason.
I keep getting asked (actually almost ordered) to add my mobil phone.number to my account. What if I don't have one? Some people don't, you know. I am 88 and don't plan to buy a smart phone..
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Please keep AOL Browser Updated
Keep the AOL browser updated so I can use YouTube here.
You Tube has been giving me this alert lately:We’ll stop supporting this browser soon. For the best experience please update your browser.
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Put the option to opt out of interest based advertising back
AOL changed the opt out of interest based advertising. It used to be easy , now it's so complicated and doesn't actually let you have the option anymore. You used to be able to get it down to only a few, but now, with that option removed. You are subject to an average of 135 different companies tracking and targeting you.AOL doesn't care bout the customer, they are only about advertising, if we pay for AOL service, they only profit more. AOL, no longer stands for "America On Line" It's "Advertising On LIne"
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AOL Return Responses – Notify Us
AOL Return Responses – Notify Us
When submitting a Bug or Feedback report, why can’t AOL send an email indicating they have responded with an answer?
Finding your responses on Feedback can be difficult and I usually don’t take the time to check, since often there are no responses. All you need to do is to link our email address, which is included in our report, to your responses.
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So when are you going to make your subscribers happy? When are we going to be able to write an e-mail with our choice of stationary?
PLEASE PLEASE bring back all the options we had for writing e-mails... the stationery, the automation. WHEN are you going to think about what your subscribers want?
Oh, and all the pop-up!? Good heavens!!!!!27th ranked -
news delete
Give me the option to delete your news feed, I don't need to be told how to think.
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Quick Find - Select All- Delete
Hello, I have the most difficult time cleaning out my mail box. PLEASE YOU COULD HELP IN THIS WAY:
Quick Find:
Then IF you would ADD these options:
SELECT ALL:
DELETE:I have to scroll to delete one email at a time..that takes hours that is why I don't do it. I have so many emails that I try to get people to send me messages in other ways. However I could quickly get ahold and manage my mail so much easier if for example:
QUICK FIND: gnc
then all my emails that say GNC would come up
then
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What's wrong with welcome page?
I log in and get this ****!!!
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Get rid of the point system! It means nothing except a popularity contest and that is NOT what AOL is supposed to be!
The point system is a popularity contest and that's disgusting! If people don't like a post then, fine, thumbs down, but now giving points for the number of posts, the number of posts that are liked or read, is ridiculous, unfair, and totally disgusting. GET RID OF IT!
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Hi - I would like it if you could block emails with certain words in them.
Please allow us to block emails with certain words in them. I get about 20 emails a day that are spa but I can't block them with keywords. The email addresses with todays tech have about 20 different character combos so you can't effectively block them by selecting just the email address.
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too much
I was just trying to read the article on the young lad with a crooked smile, but there was so much other that it was hard to find the pieces of the story. Does anyone there give a about the story's readability? Does anyone read the **** that you post? Someone should.
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Restore original AOL features and Upgrade Values of News Content
There are many issues that need to be addressed in AOL Gold and I have reached out many times to customer service. It takes 15 minutes for the program to let me sign in... My major complaint is the content in which AOL is reporting in the news feed. It is one step away from The Nat'l Enquirer. Celebrities who crave publicity and crooks who prey on children seem to spotlight the headlines. I won't bother mentioning politics since we all are aware of the bias...AOL used to give choices as to what news we need on a daily basis.…
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Print Preview
Get rid of print preview or at least make a way to turn it off. It just adds extra steps to a process that is already too slow.
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