Won't open my user name

when I turn on my computer it goes to the opening screen and when I click on my name a small windown pops up that has the "Applications" icon and says that it can't open my user name. it doesn't say why or how to fix it, just that it doesn't work. I just drove three hours home to my Apple store to have this thing fixed (I downloaded the new OS and it wouldn't turn back on) and since I'm literally typing this within the first 10 minutes of my computer being back I DO NOT want to have to drive home from school again and get this thing fixed. anyone know how to solve this issue?

Oct 27, 2013 8:43 PM
Safari won't open in my user name but as guest it will. I deleting some caches then my wi-fi hardware was missing, so I use my disk and reinstall lion.
My safari won't open tried adding java no good. So some stuff from tried the different user it work. But want it to work again as in my user. I can find the com.apple.safari.plist I think I deleting it. How can I fix this.
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