How to Use Pegasus Mail with Windows 10 and 11

Time needed: 10 minutes

To set up Pegasus Mail to run smoothly on Windows 10 and Windows 11 (not running it as administrator and without User Access Control prompts but full security):

1. Open Windows Explorer.

   Windows keyboard shortcut: Press Windows E to open Explorer.
   Here‘s why: The following steps will create a directory inside your personal Windows files to keep configuration and make for Pegasus Mail.

2. Click in the Explorer address bar.

3. Type %userprofile%.

   Note: This takes you to your Windows 10 user folder — the folder that contains Downloads, Music, and other standard directories — , where you will create a new folder for Pegasus Mail.
   Alternative: As an alternative, you can type %appdata%, wich will take you to an program data directory, also insider your personal Windows files.

4. Press Enter.

   

5. Click New folder on the Home ribbon tab.

   Keyboard shortcut: You can also press Ctrl Shift N.

6. Type Pegasus Mail.

   Your choice: You can, of course, use a different name (say, PMAIL, for tradition’s sake).

7. Press Enter again.

   

8. Double-click the Pegasus Mail folder to open it.

   Migrating: Copy or move all files from a previous Pegasus Mail email directory (e.g., C:\\PMAIL\MAIL) right into the one you just created to migrate your full account, emails and setup.

9. Click in the Windows Explorer address bar.

10. Press Ctrl C to copy the full path.

    

11. Open the Windows Start menu.

12. Start typing Pegasus Mail.

13. Select Run as administrator for Pegasus Mail.

    Not this: Do not choose Pegasus Mail as 'Admin'.
    

14. Click Yes to allow Pegasus Mail System to make changes.

15. Select the single-user option on the Setting up mailboxes screen under Welcome to Pegasus Mail.

    Here’s what to look for: The text for the option reads Click here if there will only ever be one person running Pegasus Mail on this computer.
    Multiple users. You can, just as well, of course set up Pegasus Mail for multiple users if you use a shared computer.
    No “Setting up mailboxes”: If you do not see the Setting up mailboxes screen, delete the PMAIL.CFG file in your Pegasus Mail installation directory; this will not delete any mail or settings for your user, which you can migrate later.

16. Press Ctrl V to paste the path to your Pegasus Mail directory under Welcome to Pegasus Mail.

17. Click OK.

    

18. Optionally, set up an email account in Pegasus Mail.

    Example: You can add a Gmail account, for instance.

19. From now on, start Pegasus Mail as a normal program from the Start menu.

    No admin privileges: You need not run it as administrator and will not be asked to allow it to modify your device.