If you have any questions, by all means leave a comment.

That will create a shortcut on your Desktop that you can use to launch Mail, if that’s your preference.

Another option is to click-and-drag either the Mail ‘Tile” or the Mail entry in the All apps list, to your Desktop.

You can access Mail the same way as you did in steps #1 and #2, or you can click the mail “Tile” and it will open your Gmail.

Ta-da! Your Gmail is now is all set up in Window 10.

Back at the initial Mail window, there will be a new button labelled Ready to go – click it.

Now enter your gmail (Google) password, and select Sign in.

Enter your gmail address in the space provided, and then click Next

The “Connecting to a service” window will appear, and display a Google login window.

From the Choose an account screen, select Google.

Click Get started to, you guessed it, get started.

Scroll down the list a bit, and in the M section, select Mail.

Click the Windows 10 Start Button and select All apps.

If you’re one of the few people who receive the error 0x80070490, we’ve provided instructions on how to enable IMAP within Gmail at the end of this guide.

However, there have been incidents of Mail reporting the error code: 0x80070490 – and the solution was to enable IMAP within Gmail. The process is actually quite straight forward, but we’ll make sure you get it right the first time :)Ģ021 Update: Theoretically, the Mail app in Windows 10 doesn’t require you to enable IMAP or POP within Gmail itself.

This guide will take you each step of the way through setting up your Gmail email address in the Windows 10 Mail app.

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