IPhoto not loading in iLife, iWork, Bento etc - corrupt file?

Hi there,
for about 6 months now iPhoto has not been loading in the media pane of various apps. I am working along the lines of it being an iPhoto problem. Someone on here suggested it might be a corrupted photo file.
If so how might I go about isolating the problem.
I have reinstalled ilife, iwork, 9.0.3 update, updated to snow leopard etc etc with no joy so maybe its the photo library.
Any tips greatly appreciated as I'm a trainer and look stupid when my macbookpro doesn't load up properly!
Cheers
Pete (London)

Go to your Pictures Folder (or wherever you have your Library) and find the iPhoto Library there. Right (or Control-) Click on the icon and select 'Show Package Contents'. A finder window will open with the Library exposed.
Look there for a two xml files.
AlbumData.xml
AlbumData2.xml
Drag them to the Desktop. *Make no other changes*.
Start iPhoto. This will recreate those files.
Then restart the other apps.
IF that fails, where is the Library stored?
Regards
TD

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