Outlook.exe /resetnavpane

appears to have resolved the problem.
start paste and hit run

but when trying to open a new mail I now get the message that I do not have
the appropriate premission to do that operation

wow what idiot wrote the office program? its just a fancy way to send
email made difficult and I was stupid enough to purchase this program .
next time Im pruchasing an apple and throwning all this microsoft crap away
I have had it