You probably modified your default Messages view. You can reset it via;
View- Arrange By- Current View- Define Views...

Another way to go would be to reset all your views in Outlook via;
Start- Run; outlook.exe /cleanviews
(note the space in the command)

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"ruudi bear" wrote in message
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Outlook 2003 on Windows XP SP3

My folders have be resorted in a blanket fashion into Groups and by
attachments - I didn't not do this. It just happened after I had accessed
one
of my archive folders and searched for the word web in my archive folder.
(Thought I's say this in case relevant)

Any ideas why it happened / and how to reset them all back

Thanks

Juliet