"Default desktop," aparent "Loss of home directory". HELP!!!!

[huatucool]

Hi everyone, I am in deep troubles now!!!

I renamed my home directory without entering my password (authentication) (The orignal account name is "raymond huang" and "RLH" as the short name. I changed it to "..." and "RLH" is still the same b/c i can't change it.)

Then I restarted my computer, and my home directory contents and preferences appear to be lost! And my home directory subfolders (Documents, Pictures, and so forth) are empty!


I tried to follow the apple/support online but didn't find it is helpful to me.
APPLE/SUPPORT: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107854

On the apple/support, it says to check if the missing home directory is present or not. But how do i know WHAT home directory looks like and if it is present or not?

Also, I don't see "new home directory" in the "Users" folder as described in step 2.
All i see is 13 folders, 12 folders are RLH, RLH 1, RLH2, RLH 3,.....RLH11 (b/c I restarted and loged out for 12 times), Folder "RLH11" is the icon of a House. The last folder is "Shared", which has a subfolder "GarageBand Demo Songs".

Now i don't know what to do, i lost all my settings and can not access to my files. As the info from "Macintosh HD" shows that "Capacity: 55.77 GB", "Available: 12.79 GB" and "Used: 42.97 GB". That means all my files are on the HD but i can't access!

Please help me out!
I have projects saved and they are due on Friday!!!

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!

[barhar]

Do the following:

01. Launch 'Terminal' ('/Applications/Utilities/' folder).
02. Enter the following line of code ...

cd /Users/; ls -la

... and press the <return> key.
03. Select and copy ('Command C') the contents of the 'Terminal' window.
04. Paste ('Command V') the copied information into your reply.

[huatucool]

Last login: Wed Oct 12 15:43:16 on ttyp1
Welcome to Darwin!
Raymond-Huangs-Computer:~ RLH$ cd /Users/; ls -la
total 32
drwxrwxr-t 24 root admin 816 Oct 12 15:20 .
drwxr-xr-x 34 RLH staff 1258 Oct 12 14:29 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 RLH admin 12292 Oct 12 15:20 .DS_Store
dr-xr-xr-x 3 RLH RLH 102 May 12 09:09 .RLH
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Mar 20 2005 .localized
drwx------ 23 RLH RLH 884 Oct 6 23:18 APPLE
drwxrwx--- 5 root admin 170 Oct 12 14:16 Deleted Users
drwx------ 7 RLH admin 238 Oct 12 15:45 RLH
drwx------ 5 RLH admin 170 Oct 12 13:38 RLH 1
drwx------ 5 RLH admin 170 Oct 12 15:19 RLH 10
drwx------ 3 RLH admin 102 Oct 12 15:19 RLH 11
drwx------ 5 RLH admin 170 Oct 12 15:20 RLH 12
drwx------ 4 RLH admin 136 Oct 12 14:15 RLH 2
drwx------ 7 RLH admin 238 Oct 12 13:54 RLH 3
drwx------ 4 RLH admin 136 Oct 12 14:16 RLH 4
drwx------ 4 RLH admin 136 Oct 12 14:16 RLH 5
drwx------ 4 RLH admin 136 Oct 12 14:16 RLH 6
drwx------ 3 RLH admin 102 Oct 12 13:54 RLH 7
drwx------ 5 RLH admin 170 Oct 12 14:02 RLH 8
drwx------ 5 RLH admin 170 Oct 12 14:15 RLH 9
drwx------ 5 RLH admin 170 Oct 12 14:28 RLH 9_new
drwxrwxrwt 6 root wheel 204 Oct 12 14:18 Shared
drwx------ 5 RLH admin 170 Oct 12 14:42 _newRLH
drwx------ 4 RLH admin 136 Oct 12 14:26 _newRLH 10
Raymond-Huangs-Computer:/Users RLH$

[barhar]

Read carefully before performing.

First - peforming any and / or all of the steps presented below, is at the liability of the user.

Do the following:

01. Launch 'Terminal' ('/Applications/Utilities/' folder).
02. Enter the following line of code ...

cd /users/; mv .RLH RLH; open RLH

... and press the <return> key.

When the 'RLH' window appears - does it contain the contents of your original 'RLH' account? If you believe so - reboot (restart) your Mac. Reply, stating whether or not the original account has been booted from. Some additional work may still be needed ...