How to restore Mail and Safari from TM

Here's the background... I posed this question earlier today...
Just got my daughter a new 2.4GHz/160GB HDD/Wht Macbook for college. when she was running the initial setup for User/Account/Shortcut name she input her email user name as her shortcut account name (the name that appears in Finder under Places with the house icon).
Question is - can the name she enter that appears in Finder under Places with the house icon be changed or renamed??
Niel answered/solved the question via the following instruction:
Open the Accounts pane of System Preferences, release the padlock, control-click her name, choose Advanced Options, and change the settings.
end background info.
So, being the idiot Dad that I am... I decide to do the same on my 2 year old iMac (that was working wonderfully I might add) only to find out that my ALL my mail and associated folders "On My Mac" disappeared as well as ALL my Safari bookmarks, Dock, Menu Bar and you knows what else changed and/or dissappeared. Its like the system did an OS reset. YIKES! Niel's instruction didn't indicate this... not that it's his fault - its mine! Niel's instruction worked fine on a NEW Mac, but changed things terribly on my 2yr iMac.
So "my" question is - how can I recover from this??
Did multiple TM backups on 7/12/08. went to restore latest 7/12/08 backup but wasn't really sure what to backup. I hope I'm not messed up and can recover from this. My name change was so minor I feel like an idiot for doing it and these discussion groups have ALWAYS helped. So please - HELP me again. Can I or should I do a complete system restore to get me back or does this apparent OS reset mean I'm screwed? Also, never done a restore yet, so I'm kind of worried I'll make things worse. I LOVED my machine before I made the change and would LOVE to get back. Any and all input welcomed.
Signed,
Dummy Daddy

Should I call you Daddy, or just Dummy? (LOL),
You have one of two options. If you really want to use the new name, you can do so, but it will entail using the command line (Terminal). It's a pretty easy thing to do, though.
Another option is to just go back to the "Accounts" pane, and reverse the change you made.
Your old HOME folder, along with all the things you are now missing, is still there. If you have any doubts, look in the "Users" folder for it. Do not "monkey" with it until you decide which of the above options you would like to use.
Post back with your choice, and I'll provide instructions.
Scott

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