Facebook account "already exists" - but not visible

Hi. I have a new Mac Mini running 10.8.2.
When I first got the computer I entered my FAcebook details and then, when my Contacts and Calendars were populated in a terrifying way, I deleted the Facebook account. Now I realize I was being hasty and I could have just unchecked "Contacts" and "Calendars" in the Mail, Contacts & Calendars panel of the Settings.
However, when I now try to add my Facebook account I am getting the error message that that "Facebook account already exists." It is not in the list of mail accounts. Do I need to delete a p list file or something? I hate to do that because I use Google authentication and it's a pain to enter the new ap-specific password. But I would like Facebook integration.
Thanks!
Meghan
PS Is there any way to select which contacts we'd like to populate? THat would be cool.

I had the same problem, what LousyFool suggested fixed my problem:
LousyFool wrote:
Go to ~/Library/Facebook and move the file(s) in that directory to a different location, e.g. Desktop. Then log out and back in, and see if the "Facebook account allready exists", still.
This facebook user account files are under Users/yourusername/Library/Facebook . When you find this file you can just rename the ending ".plist" file in this folder with a ".bak" for backup copy. When you complete the account set up and log out a new ".plist" will be created.
*Note: In Mountain Lion 10.8.3 this "Library" folder is hidden. But if you go to the Finder "Go" menu and click option key the Library will be visable in the list.
thanks all.

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ASDATADIR:                     Data
ASDOMAINGROUP:                 <empty>
ASLOGDIR:                      Log
ASPROVIDERMSOLAP:              1
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ASSVCSTARTUPTYPE:              Automatic
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SQLUSERDBLOGDIR:               <empty>
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UIMODE:                        Normal
X86:                           False
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