AOL desktop Gold is your one stop all in one personalized solution for emails, scheduling and other to-do lists. AOL Desktop with its premium Gold version provides your mails with security like never before. So if you are planning on downloading AOL Desktop Gold for Windows then just read on, follow the steps for easy and hassle free downloading.
Downloading AOL Desktop Gold in Windows 8 for existing users
If you are an existing premium member of AOL Desktop Gold then good news for you, you don’t have to pay any additional costs for downloading Desktop gold in windows 8. The prerequisites to AOL Desktop Gold download for Windows 8 are:
- A computer with processor of 266MHz
- A high speed internet connection, A RAM of 1024MB
- Hard disks with free space of more than 512MB
- A web browser preferably Internet Explorer in its latest updated version.
- All your AOL account login credentials.
For downloading AOL desktop gold follow the steps:
- Download AOL Gold from a reliable source and be careful while clicking on the download option. This is because downloading AOL Desktop Gold for existing users is free of costs.
- After downloading click on the downloaded file and follow the instructions given.
- After following the instructions you will be asked to enter your AOL account login credentials.
- After entering the credentials and logging in to your account go to “All Products Section” and scroll to “AOL Desktop Gold’, click on the option
- After that tap on to Install AOL Gold and keep following the on-screen installation instructions.
For installing Desktop Gold on Windows 8
- Click on the downloaded setup file.
- Choose the install Desktop Gold icon
- Choose the option Run
- After that click on to Install now
- Here you might get prompt messages like ‘ import your email’ and ‘uninstall older version’
- Click on OK and then Yes.
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If you are getting icon missing problem while downloading then go through troubleshooting AOL desktop gold icon missing problem guide.
Downloading AOL Desktop Gold for Windows 8 for new users
If you are new to AOL Desktop Gold then first you need to be a premium member for downloading. For doing so follow the given steps:
- Get AOL membership by clicking on the Get membership option instantly
- Keep following the on-screen instructions to create an AOL Desktop account.
- Once you are into the account, go to ‘Manage My Subscription’
- Then go to “premium subscription tab”
- Here you will find the “Get started” button below ‘AOL Desktop Gold’ icon
- Thereafter you will receive a conformation mail form AOL
- After receiving the mail go to your inbox and tap open the conformation mail with the title “ Getting Started with AOL desktop Gold”
- Click on the download links for the setup files.
- Download those files.
- Follow the on-screen instructions for installation process.
- Then follow the installation process as stated above for existing AOL users.
Reaching out for help
AOL Has all kinds of support system and user friendly interface. Still if you are having trouble downloading or installing at any point then seek out to Email Desktop Gold team for help.
