I accidentally set my airport express to base station when it should be my time capsule and can't set it back

I'm an idiot!
I have my Time Capsule as my base station. I have two Aiport Exrpres' that connect to them.
One of the AE's was not working right, so I went it, did a soft reset, and using the Airport Utility, I accidentally identified the AE as the base station.
I've now gotten the Time Capsule set as the base station, and of of the AE's working off of it...however, when I plug the other AE in, it trumps the Time Capsule and shows it as the base station, and then the TC doesn't work.
I've tried doing a soft reset, and then hitting forget, but I can't figure out how to how it show as the child to the parent (the TC), as the other AE does.
Help!!
Thank you,
Dennis

Thank you, that seems to have done the trick...I knew Apple would be much easier than Windows!
I appreciate your help!
Dennis

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