AOL Desktop Gold
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i read an email, then click X to get to next one and i get knocked off my mailbox and have to start over
i read an email, then click X to get to next one and i get knocked off my mailbox and have to start over
It is possible that you have clicked on the close button for the Mailbox, after reading your email. Please follow the steps from the article below, in order to resize the email and mailbox windows, to avoid this from happening again.
https://help.aol.com/articles/how-do-i-change-the-window-size-and-position-in-aol-desktop-gold
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I think there is another Joyanne making comments on the conversations of news and I would like to change my name
I think I am in the wrong place to ask that my name be changed for commenting on the news. There is another Joyanne and her comments are being combined with mine.
You may want to try changing your Display Name. Go to https://help.aol.com/articles/aol-mail-mail-settings and expand Display and Sound Settings | How do I change my Display Name?
If you’re using your email on different platforms (such as a smartphone, tablet, or Outlook) please check your settings on any email program to make sure that you haven’t changed your display name associated with it.
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I can see new emails on my ipad, but they dont show up on my aol desktop why is that
I can see new emails on my ipad, but they dont show up on my aol desktop why is tha
Try refreshing the mailbox. Click on the Mail option on the top of the desktop screen and select Refresh Mailbox from the drop-down menu. If you encounter issues call at 1-888-265-3733.
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When I send an email from either of my group after the email is sent each member of that particular group email address appears under my sin
When I send an email from either of my group after the email is sent each member of that particular group email address appears under my single contact list (Email address only) Consequently I have my single person email address with their name and email address and all of the email address only from the group. If I delete the email addresses which I did and when I looked under the group there were no email address under that group. I have called 3 times about. Just got on the telephone after holding the line for 25 Mins and the…
We’re sorry to hear about your experience. It’s certainly our expectation and desire that you receive the highest quality service when working with customer support. We’re sad to hear that it sounds like you did not.
Rest assured that we’ve captured your complaint and will make sure your experience is shared with others in an effort to prevent this in the future.
Regarding your experience with the Address Book groups, this is caused by the auto-add contacts feature. If the groups contain email addresses that are not in your Address Book (individual contacts) they will be automatically added, after sending an email to the group. Also removing the individual contact from the Address Book, will also delete it from the group.
In order to avoid auto-adding contacts to the address book, please follow these steps to disable the auto-add feature:
1. Click Edit on the top left.
2. Select Mail… -
What is wrong with Sign On and Welcome Screen?
It takes me 3 or 4 times to sign on.,...
I constantly get Opps! Something Went Wrong....
The sign on is constantly noting the same thing....
The Welcome Window is blank almost half the time....
Then AOL Gold shuts down right in the middle of my work...
PLEASE FIX AOL GOLD...MAKE IT WORK AND WORK WELL !!
Please send us a crash report in order for our engineers to look into the issue you are experiencing with the software closing unexpectedly. To do that, please follow these steps:
1. Open AOL Desktop Gold.
2. Click on Help on the top right, and select Report a Bug from the drop-down menu.
3. Type a short description of the problem, and click Send -
I have several numbers for AOL. When I use the general number I get Go To Assist. When I use the Assist number I get Assist. When
I have several numbers for AOL. When I use the general number I get Go To Assist. When I use the Assist number I get Assist. When I call the VIP number with my VIP id number, I am transferred to Voice Mail which tells me it is currently unavailable. When I call Assist, they have to transfer me to level 1, which I assume is the general number.
Please tell me what has happened to the VIP numberThe AOL Gold phone number is 1-888-265-3733.
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Screen names
So if I delete a screen name I can't replace it with another without
making a whole new account? And another $3.99 a month. Do I
understand that right?In the past, AOL offered the ability to create secondary usernames linked to this Master username, however, as of November 30, 2017, the ability to add or manage additional usernames has been removed.
Any new usernames will be created as separate accounts and will not linked to your existing AOL account.
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shutdown
This has happened several times lately. This evening I was doing the quiz on 60s TV shows. After about 40 questions, AOL shut down. Of course, the data was lost without giving me a score. It probably had another t0 to go. AOL is no longer user friendly.
Please send us a crash report in order for our engineers to look into the issue. To do that, please follow these steps:
1. Open AOL Desktop Gold.
2. Click on Help on the top right, and select Report a Bug from the drop-down menu.
3. Type a short description of the problem, and click Send.For immediate assistance with this issue, please call us at 1-888-265-3733.
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AOL Background Processes never stop in Windows 10!!
AOL Gold on Windows 10 will not stop running multiple background processes for the last 4 months. Gold & W 10 all up to date. No new antivirus installed - always same Norton for years. Worked fine for almost a year. Uninstalled & reinstalled by your people 10 times, never fixed. No one at AOL will fix this for us, called a dozen times & we pay $13.99 a month for this! Must reboot with every icon opening ro erase the inappropraitely stored background processes or icon will not open up again! Only app that does this - dozens of…
We are sorry to hear that you are experiencing issues with the AOL Desktop Gold, and we apologize for the inconvenience.
You will see multiple CefSharp processes (along with the regular AOL Desktop Gold and Tray app processes) in your Task Manager in case you have several windows opened inside the AOL Desktop Gold (mailbox, email or browser), just like you would when having multiple tabs opened in external browses (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer).
Regarding the issue opening the AOL Desktop Gold, we have a few solutions for you.
First of all we recommend updating the Windows operating system. It is essential to have the core components, of the operating system, up to date in order to ensure the best functionality for the applications on your system.
To improve the performance of your computer you can enable only essential startup programs. To do that, please follow the steps from this…
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I just spend over an hour on the phone with AOL technical support (Stacey and Randall). My address book was fine last night (9/15/18) but
I just spent over an hour on the phone with AOL technical support (Stacey and Randall). My address book was fine last night (9/15/18) but is missing this morning. After significant analysis, I was informed that it is no longer on your server. Apparently there are many problems due to the recent migration. Losing my address book will severely affect my business. I have lost total confidence in AOL with this issue and will move to another email company after 15 years as a customer. I would appreciate a communication directly with me. Bill E***, 8--3**
We are sorry to hear that you are experiencing issues with the Address Book, and we apologize for the inconvenience. Please go to mail.aol.com and and sign in (preferably from an external browser), then click on Contacts on the left side, and check if your contacts are present. If you can see the contacts, please sign out and sign back into the AOL Desktop Gold, and the Address Book should automatically refresh itself.
If the contacts are missing from the AOL web-mail, please call our AOL Desktop Gold team at: 1-888-265-3733, in order to further investigate this.
Thank you.
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your aol was better before gold the service is slow constantly kicking you out
fix the issues take pride in your service and take care of your customers
Please send us a crash report in order for our engineers to look into the issue you are experiencing with the software closing unexpectedly. To do that, please follow these steps:
1. Open AOL Desktop Gold.
2. Click on Help on the top right, and select Report a Bug from the drop-down menu.
3. Type a short description of the problem, and click Send. -
AOL Shuts Down
AOL for some reason disconnects from internet and you have to reload it this happens on more than one PC so it's not the PC so when you are on a site and it shuts down and you have to bring AOL back up it sucks.Now that we are paying for this service it should be better than this.
Please send us a crash report in order for our engineers to look into this issue. To do that, please follow these steps:
1. Open AOL Desktop Gold.
2. Click on Help on the top right, and select Report a Bug from the drop-down menu.
3. Type a short description of the problem, and click Send.For immediate assistance with this issue, please call us at 1-888-265-3733.
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Chat room on GOLD
I am not able to use the ENTER button to send message in chat room. I have to hit the SEND button in the chat room for my message to appear. It would be better to able to hit the ENTER button. I was able to use the ENTER button before the last update.
In order to use the Enter key to send messages in Chatrooms, please follow these steps:
1. Open AOL Desktop Gold and sign in.
2. Click Edit on the top left and select General Settings from the drop-down.
3. Click Chat Rooms on the left side of the Settings window.
4. Check “Use Enter key to send message”.
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I tried to send (multiple times) messages with bcc typing the group name and when I try to send it comes up as an error. WHY?
Correct problem
This issue is most likely caused by the fact that the email contained too many recipients. AOL does not disclose the number of recipients or emails that can be sent at one time, but we recommend sending the email to a smaller group of recipients. You can split larger groups into multiple emails.
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CHAT ROOMS CONSISTENTLY LOCK UP OR DON'T LOAD
NICE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING OF POOR QUALITY. THE CHAT ROOMS NEED ATTENDTION! THEY LOCK UP OR THEY DON'T EVEN LOAD. PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO EXIT AND COME BACK IN JUST TO GET THE SOFTWARE TO WORK. COME ON AOL. WE'RE PAYING FOR THIS??????
Please send us a crash report in order for our engineers to look into this issue. To do that, please follow these steps:
1. Open AOL Desktop Gold.
2. Click on Help on the top right, and select Report a Bug from the drop-down menu.
3. Type a short description of the problem, and click Send.For immediate assistance with this issue, please call us at 1-888-265-3733.
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email access on devices being discontinued?
After being locked out of my emails because my password had been disabled, I called customer service and was told I can no longer access emails on my tablet and phone(android) unless I download an app? I don't want to as I don't have enough room on my phone. I have been using the email icon on my phone to access aol for YEARS. I was told it was a new update that took that capability away. Can I get that back? Change back to the old version? I have been a member for over 20 yrs and I pay…
You can access your AOL Mail through the native Android mail application, by configuring it using the AOL IMAP/POP servers. To do this please follow the steps in the section titled “Instructions for common email apps” from the help article below: https://help.aol.com/articles/how-do-i-use-other-email-applications-to-send-and-receive-my-aol-mail
In case you enabled the 2 Step Verification on your account, you will have to create an application specific password for the mail application on your Android. To create the application specific password, please follow these steps:
1. Visit login.aol.com/account/security and sign in to your AOL account.
2. Look for “App passwords”, and click “Generate password”.
3. Remove the email account from the phone’s mail settings, and re-add it using the application password you previously setup.
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Chat Room Listing is Broke.. how many times does one need to report it as a bug to get it fixed?
Chat Room Listing is Broke.. how many times does one need to report it as a bug to get it fixed?
It might work for a few hours or NOT At ALL. Please get this corrected.Go to Comunity on the menu bar > Chat Room Listings.
If the issue still persists call at 1-888-265-3733.
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AOL - NON help
have an educated and intelligent person, that DOES NOT speak "computerees" set up all help on your site. as it is it only creates more problems - than a Pregnant Nun may have... I am 68 years old, 2 undergrad degrees and decades of USING a computer..and can t acccomplish - changing AOL account password, pay my bill with AOL, etc etc. etc. after 1.5 hours I gave up. and I did us my Master AOL address. OH. and have person with English as 1st lang. set up all.
Follow the steps from this article: https://help.aol.com/articles/reset-a-forgotten-password
If you encounter issues call at 1-888-265-3733.
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I'm getting very frustrated with AOL Desktop Gold. I have been an AOL member since the late 1970's, early 1980's using dial up service. I
I have been an AOL member since the late 1970's, early 1980's using dial up service. I AM CONSTANTLY GETTING a (Not Responding) error message.
I just spent an hour and a half online with a tech who could not resolve the issue.
What's up - Are you using too much band width on all the unwanted advertising?
Please send us a crash report in order for our engineers to look into the issue you are experiencing. To do that, please follow these steps:
1. Open AOL Desktop Gold.
2. Click on Help on the top right, and select Report a Bug from the drop-down menu.
3. Type a short description of the problem, and click Send.For immediate assistance with this issue, please call us at 1-888-265-3733.
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My screen freezes and the address bar state that I am not secured even with the HTTPS: showing?
Is it just aol or my service At&t but typing emails, my letter show up slow as I am typing words way past the poit the show up in?
Please power cycle (reboot) your modem/router, by following these steps:
*Switch off and unplug the power from your modem/router.
*Leave both unplugged for 30 seconds.
*Plug the power back into the modem/router and verify that you are again connected to the Internet.In case the issue persists please call the AOL Desktop Gold team at 1-888-265-3733 in order to have one of our technical Support Agents further investigate.
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