Lost all my settings setting up a new user Helllllllp?

I was setting up a new user account and somehow reset my desktop to default. My data is still on the hard drive but I can't find my Phone Book Data for example. Other data I am looking for is my Safari Bookmarks, old emails etc. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance form up north.
Weener

What exactly did you do? Did you change the name of
your home directory?
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/renamehomerecovery.html
Thanks for the reply. I don't think I changed the name but I believe I may have moved some folders around , I am pretty sure my all my data is intact, but I don't exactly what is what. Within Entourage is my biggest concern, dates, addresses etc. I also had an extensive group of Bookmarks in Safari. I got my MacBook in November and find it superior to a PC but I am still a little green with the file handling.

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Did you log-in (perhaps by mistake) as a different user ?
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