Lost user account applications/settings

A friend partitioned the hard drive and create 2 separate user accounts. An application was not working on my account (Account 1) and I was also not able to access pictures and music on the second user account (Account 2). I logged into the second user account (Account 2) and dragged and dropped the entired user into the shared folder, figuring this would give my user account access (Account 1) to everything. Instead now I have lost all settings, applications, etc. on the second user account (Account 2). What have I done? How can I fix it?
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Log back into the second user account and open the Users folder. From here, rename the folder with the house icon to something else. Next, open the Shared folder and hold down the Option key while dragging your old folder back to the top level of the Users folder. Select the copy you left in the Shared folder and choose Get Info from the File menu. Under Ownership & Permissions, set all three access settings to Read & Write.
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