AOL Desktop Gold
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PLEASE stop inappropriate merging of feedback
I provided feedback earlier today on an issue with "Check for Updates", and it was inappropriately merged with another post which was also related to "Check for updates" but not the same issue. My feedback was merged without recourse to a closed feedback item, so that I couldn't even point out that the two matters were not the same!!! I understand that merging may be appropriate, but it isn't when the only relationship may be a couple of keywords.
This feedback isn't a rant, but an attempt to preserve the value of feedback. I've been an AOL user since its…
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Bulk Deletion of Emails
I want to sort by sender and then delete in bulk depending on the sender. But, I cannot use the shift-click the first and then click the last to select large numbers of emails from the same sender. I have to physically click each box while holding down the ctrl key, This is very very slow and inefficient when I am trying to clean up over 45,000 emails, as this is 45,000 clicks when it should only be a few hundred. Am I missing something?
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Tim Armstrong
There was Never a Notice about the changes from 9.8.2 to AOL GOLD.
Forget about fixing AOL GOLD, there is too much to repair. The LIE about Hacking for the reason to eliminate 9.8.2 is a LIE./
Just trying to get on line with AOL Gold is hard. Took close to 8 minutes to Get On Line.
Tim Armstrong and his team should be fired.
Plus I find out I have been OVER PAYING for YEARS for AOL.This is a CRIME. I am looking for Legal advise. -
favorites
it would be nice when saving to favorites to be able to name it as we want or go ahead and save it by default. there are a lot of times i don't know what name it put on it in the favorites and hard to find if you dont hit the correct word in the search block when trying to find it. just give us the option to name it or default.
When you add a site to favorites there are 2 fields that must be completed. The first asks for the name you want the favorite to have and the other one holds the link. If you didn’t name a bookmark you can click on edit and rename it.
Major websites will automatically use the default name (Ex: www.google.com = Google)
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I HATE the new Gold.
What were you thinking. My favorites all gone! Why? Emails constantly coming up in bottom right corner when I'm trying to do something else. I do NOT need this! I know how to check my email. When I want to permanently delete I used to be able to "select all" and do them all at once. Now, one at a time? This whole new Gold is terrible! If it wasn't broke, why fix it???
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Replace or Improve Desktop Gold
I just got off the phone with Tech Support, and they had to uninstall and then reinstall your HORRIBLE Desktop Gold platform once again since it would freeze up and stop working after I was using it after a few hours every single time. What a waste of my time, and it costs AOL lots of money having their tech support team deal with the endless problems with the platform that its users encounter.
Desktop Gold is hated by everyone, and is the worst platform that AOL has over had, yet you refuse to improve it, or better yet, replace… -
When you think of Gold you think of something good,like a Gold Medal,your idea of Gold doesn't meet that standard!!!! Stop all the pop ups,w
stop all the pop-ups I'm not interested.when I'm trying to read a story or news I shouldn"t have to go to 50 pages just to finish reading the story.your Aol gold is more like lead,constantly freezing.Chat rooms freeze especially if you type a few sentences.Your product deleted Instant messaging and like many of the people who posted comments i have used Aol for at least 15 years your going back to the dark ages and what's worse your company doesn't seem to give a good ****.Perhaps someone there needs to look up the meaning.of the word of OATH
Thank you for your feedback on the articles.
You can manage your AOL pop-ups by going to the Edit tab, then to Browser Settings and from here to Pop-ups. By checking the radio buttons you can manage your preferences, you don’t need to save your settings, this is done automatically.
Please report the freezing problem to our AOL Desktop Gold team so they can investigate it further:
1. Click the Help button on the top-right corner of the AOL Desktop window
2. Select Report a Bug from the drop-down menuIf the problem persists, please call 1-888-265-3733 to have one of our Technical Support Agents investigate the cause of this issue.
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Your outsource tech support is extending their on line time
I've had 3 recent experiences with your outsource "tech support". They tend to jump into diagnostics without checking the basics. My last experience was a question about an outage which impacted all three computers at this site. Rather than checking for info to a possible outage he started diagnostics on my maching (rather carelessly) had to stop him because my wife had the same experience the prior week and lost all her contacts and calendar because the tech didn't save anything first as a caution. There was about 7 years and about 12000 various contacts (email/phone/and person data for…
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I can't check my multiple AOL screen names from my phone anymore. Samsung wants me to sign a form giving it the right to read all my AOL ema
I can't check my multiple AOL screen names from my phone anymore. Samsung wants me to sign a form giving it the right to read all my AOL emails. AOL already reads all my emails now and Samsung is trying to steal the data that AOL sells or uses to entice advertiser to place ads on AOL. I down loaded the AOL Mail app but so far I can only download this AOL screen name.I sent AOL a message to upgrade their mobile app.
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One of our Technicians can help you with this Please call our AOL Desktop Gold team at 1-888-265-3733. Our experts are available 24/7 by phone.
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Resolve locator issue for items in our favorites
I attempted to find a location of a dentist from one of my favorite program and was inform that I had to enable the site for my location. Now I never had to do this when using this favorite site before. For some odd reason AOL Gold no longer supports this favorite site locating program, whihc I used with no problem in Jan of this year. The person trying to help did a great job trying to resolve this issue, but his higher up Tech's can't even resolve it but can only send me to another browser. The…
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AOL just disappears when sending emails
Three times today when trying to send an email to the draft folder with photos, AOL just disappears and closes out with no warning. Now every time I sign back on that email (now empty) is stuck with all of the other pop ups on sign on. I have some that have been stuck since last summer and Techs were never able to get rid of them so I will not waste more hours of my life calling them again. So now for every sign on, I have to close out about 6 blank emails along with the news…
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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Alphabetical Favorite list should NOT be retained and closed by AOL
I received a request from AOL to elaborate what 9.8 features I want back and a second note they had decided not to change on of the most popular changes requested: STOP alphebetising the Favorites list. This is a bad decision, and I would like AOL to reconsider. It is a huge waste of user's time trying to cope with a list that's not logical for their needs. If it wan't a MUST in the last program, why make it a must in this program/ Users voted and it was at the top of the list, so please reconsider.
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I HATE the new Gold.
What were you thinking. My favorites all gone! Why? Emails constantly coming up in bottom right corner when I'm trying to do something else. I do NOT need this! I know how to check my email. When I want to permanently delete I used to be able to "select all" and do them all at once. Now, one at a time? This whole new Gold is terrible! If it wasn't broke, why fix it??? Oh and why did you get rid of the backgrounds for stationary?
I will send your feedback over to the AOL Gold desktop team, making sure the features you mentioned become a priority and will be added in the future releases. Currently we don’t have an estimated time frame, but we hope the majority of the features our members are asking for will be implemented soon.
To import the favorites from the old software into AOL Desktop Gold. Please follow the steps in the help article below.
https://help.aol.com/articles/aol-desktop-importing-your-personal-information
To delete all the emails at a time press Ctrl + A and then click on Delete. You can also delete 2 or more emails by pressing Ctrl + Left mouse button.
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friends sent to spam
There is a problem in the SPAM procedure. Everyone I know who has AOL periodically finds their friends sent to SPAM. We spend days fishing them out and marking them This is Not SPAM, and then they finally go back to normal and another person gets marked SPAM. I have one friend who doesn't get the point that this is systemic, not individual, and she just spent 4 hours on the phone with a tech trying to get my emails to go back into New instead of SPAM.
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LET SOMEONE KNOW SOMETHING
Today I was installing a new alarm and security system at my home and had to use my AOL email address several times. I couldn't get either system UP AND RUNNING because the companies I was dealing with COULD NOT VERIFY MY EMAIL ADDRESS???? A few days ago, my credit card was compromised and it was cancelled and a new one issued. About this time AOL trys to draft my credit card account on the old number, which was no good. AOL SAID NOTHING, I GOT NO NOTIFICATION......."NOTHING".....THEY JUST CUT OFF MY SERVICE right in the middle of what…
We would like to better assist you. Please call us at 1-8000-827-6364.
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Submitting Bug Reports are Useless
.I have 2 computers with the same AOL problem involving Premium Security. Bugs have been submitted 7 days ago and still not fixed.
I have been an AOL paying customer for over 18 years and this is what I can tell you. Years ago, when a problem was reported it was fixed during a phone call. Or, it was escalated with a commitment to respond within 24 hours.
Now we have the following:
- The phone call- in tech always wants to reinstall AOL, usually without positive results
- The next step is for the customer to submit a Bug. The…
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Sign on error
Get this error trying to sign on:
Failed to load URL https://api.login.aol.com/oauth2/request_auth?response_type=code&client_id=dj0yJmk9ZTB1TkdHalNFMVpvJmQ9WVdrOVltVk5ValpMTm5NbWNHbzlNQS0tJnM9Y29uc3VtZXJzZWNyZXQmeD1hMw--&state=ERTdu72fsX34dKb8IKw57qqG9R1aRrlzhIJG1RLzhOk%3d&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdesktop.aol.com/?nosave=true&scope=openid%20sdct-w%20mail-w%20sdps-r%20sdpp-w%20ycal-w&language=en-US&login_hint=esmithoh&display=narrow&src=loki&nonce=uedBA7wVhwvE2S%2BYIPixdf2Vmh2%2Bt3QVRbh3Jhz1HuM%3D&intl=US with error ERRCONNECTIONREFUSED (ConnectionRefused).
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complaint
fake aol technician clicked on "accepting" gold which i told him not to click, while I was on the phone, and aboomgar , although I yell not to click he fake my "agreement" .
your gold program is nasty, not accurate full of lies. I can not have phone numbers of friends, that I have saved on my address book.
and can't find names without email address. Yes, I have scroll up/down to find phone numbers, and even tech upporte by the name mike could not find it. Holidays pass by, and I can't call friends.part 2 nasty orange…
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moving report spam or delete button
Can you move the "Report Spam" or "Delete" button on the bottom of the "mail window"? Often times when going through my inbox and trying to delete groups of mail, I inevitably hit the "report spam" rather than the "delete" which is what I intend to click, because they are next to each other. Then I have to go through the spam folder and click on the emails and click on "this isn't spam" so that when new emails come in, I will actually receive them. I can't be the only person this happens to. If you put "delete"…
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improvements for the new Desktop Gold
window size won't stay adjusted///the spell checker has to go....I use german language on e-mails and it keeps telling me what to write!!!!!!!!!!!
No "heart" button on the address book/ web pages have no "email".."print" buttons/ Address book "settings" and "help" buttons don't work/ we can no longer "CHAT" since they can't help on the Desktop Gold and give a phone number.....I just spent 2 hours trying to get help and the lady who answered couldn't solve any of the problems by remote control. Please fix these problems...we used to have a simple experience with our desktop (and I…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.
To adjust the window sizes, please follow these steps:
1. Drag one of the four corners of the window to your desired size and position.
2. In the top right corner of the AOL Desktop, click “Window” then choose “Save Window Size and Position” from the drop-down menu.
Please note that the option to save the window size and position will not work if the window size is set to full screen.
I will send your feedback over to the AOL Gold desktop team, making sure the features…
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