All user settings lost but UID/PW logs user in OK!

First time poster, new to Mac’s, not computer illiterate…
Hope that covered it all! Proficient in Windows XP but we made the switch, now having some challenges! My wife and I are both “Administrators” and 2 profiles exist on the computer. My wife logged in yesterday and her ID/Password logged her in. Other than that, for her profile, everything went back to factory defaults. Her Mail settings were gone, her iPhoto library still exists on the disk but the library doesn’t load, when safari loads, it indicates that “favorites cannot be saved”, the menu at the bottom of her screen doesn’t do the stretch scroll as you wave past the bottom of the screen.
It appears as though her UID exists, the data (example the actual digital photo’s) still exist on the disk however they’ve been disassociated with iPhoto. This appears to be the case for all apps.
Any thoughts on how to tackle this? I am posting in the Tiger forum as this problem is all related to one common theme. I suspect that there’s 1 solution that can be applied to resolve all these apps.
Bring on the suggestions!
Thanks,
Brent
MacBook   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Did she rename her home folder (the little house icon)? That can cause this problem. If so, have a look at this page for a fix.

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