Outlook Folder issues

When the folders are opened under the user’s inbox, he would like them to stay open once he closes his Outlook and reopens Outlook. Some of them are closing and it impedes on his searching capabilities.
I need to find a solution for either:
– Figure out a way that the folders will always stay in the expanded view that they were in when Outlook closed
– Or, figure out a way that when he types the first couple of letters of a folder name, Outlook can find it.

Any help on this would be appreciated.
PC is running Outlook 2003 and WinXP.

NOTE: User has at least a 1000 folders in his Outlook.

Thanks in advance.