HELP PLEASE - user account

i accidentally changed the name of my user account. i originally had one user (say, USER1). i changed the name to (say, USER2). after doing this, i could not change the name back because it said that the name was already taken. so, i restarted the computer and i was taken to the default mac setting with all my personal settings and folders gone. so, i created another user with the name (USER2), and the computer said that there was already a user folder in that name and if i wanted to incorporate it into the account, so i said yes...and now i have two users (USER1 and USER2)...USER2 has my original setting but some of the things like my added widgets dont show up...
is there any way i can take everything back to the default settings with no USER2??

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