No User/Libray Folder! New Mavericks installation,

I just had a Samsung SSD drive put in my late 2011 27" iMac after the orig. HDD died. The repairer installed Mavericks, but I've had endless permission problems since I got it. I fixed most of these in Disk Util, or using 'get info'.
Now after installing Photoshop - the most important App - I find I can't save my settings/prefs which makes it near impossible to use.
Searching for answers all over the net I finally realised that I have no 'Library' folder inside my 'user' folder. All the answers for the photoshop problem direct me to that folder, but while it clearly exists - as I can see it in 'open' and 'save' dialogs - I cannot see it in Finder! I've tried searching invisible files, but it will not appear, yet all the usual folders: Applications, Pictures, Desktop, etc are there.
I can only imagine I'll have to start all over again and reinstall from scratch, or perhaps try the 'repair' command after restarting (hold 'r'? or 'command/r'?).
I've spent 3 days setting the machine up (I lost all data on the dead drive and though my data was backed up I had been unable to back up the installation data in the 'system' folder).
I would guess - and dearly hope! - that it’s a software rather than hardware problem, (it has 2 new drives!), although the blazing speed I expected from the SSD is not always apparent.
Can anyone help? This has to be the most bizarre computer problem I've come across in 20 years using them, it doesn’t seem possible!
PS: The top level 'Library' folder is there, as is the one in the 'Guest' folder, but neither contain the adobe files I need to access, which ARE visible in open and save dialogs!

Ah! QuickTimeKirk! You are a legend! Dunno why I didn't think of it, it's so obvious... NOT!
Many thanks mate, If I can now get Photoshop to work I'll name my firstborn after you! (poor kid will get beaten senseless at school, but that's just tuff!)
Oh PS: Anyone know how to keep the Library unhidden?

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