"pine hill" wrote in message
...
until yesterday when I brought up outlook I got a folder tree on the
left
side - inbox, contacts, notes, ... now all I get is the inbox
contents.
must have hit a hot key combo or something to loose it but sure would
like to
get it back.

Since the versions are different, and which includes menu navigation, it
would help to specify WHICH version of Outlook that you are using.

In Outlook 2002, what happens when you select the View - Folders List
entry?