User settings lost on startup

I got a call this morning from a friend saying she started her computer this morning (G5 PPC tower running 10.4.8) and although she was logged in as usual (her user name is correct) all her settings were gone, i.e. mail wanted to be set up, desktop was default image, and program icons were not in dock as left the night before. She did not rename her home folder or change any settings on shutdown.
Cutting to the chase, what can I do to restore her to her old prefs? I had her log out and back in with no change.
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Nevermind. After another phone call it was revealed that, no, the user folder was not renamed, but it was moved to another folder on the hard drive. Now I just have to get it back in there (which I imagine will require a new admin user account and root privileges) Funny how you have to ask the question just the right way sometimes.

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