Reinstall deleted user

Hello,
I'm trying to reinstall a deleted user account. I followed the directions given through Macintosh Help, which work fine, up until the point where it says
"click on create user", and then "click on Use Existing Folder".
As soon as I click on Create User, there is no option anymore to click on Use Existing Folder, which means, I have created a new user that can't use the old Deleted User account.
I tried to exchange the new folders within the new user with those from the old deleted user, but it only gets very complicated and I don't succeed.
What to do? How can I reinstall a deleted user account, saved as a dmg in the Deleted User's folder.

sorry, that didn't do the job.
I managed to open the new account with the same username and password, but this new user couldn't open the Deleted User's account. It says this new user isn't authorized to open it. So I'm not any further with this.

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No other domain trusts that this user could be in.
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know? This one user is the only one that was removed from the UserInfo table, but there are a few other users that are also deleted (from SharePoint, not manually from UserInfo) that are still showing as well. This one user included.
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