Unable to access iPhoto Library with iPhoto 6

I purchased and installed iLife 06 as a replacement for iLife 04, and now I can't bring up any of my photos. The program tells me it's unable to upgrade my old photo library because the "user does not have access. If possible, repair permissions..." I went to my Disk Utility and ran the "repair permissions" for my entire hard drive but no change.
Is there a special technique for repairing permissions for the iPhoto Library folder alone? Also, the program tells me that the "path of the item that failed" includes "Memstick.ind." I found something called "Memstick.ind" in my Pictures folder and tried to trash it, but it's locked. How can I get rid of it?
Thanks for any suggestions. I'm hoping I won't have to reinstall iPhoto 04, even though I was happy with it.
Cap

Hi Cap,
" Unable to upgrade this library because the current user does not have access"
-First make sure your Pictures folder has the correct permissions for you, the user. Do this by highlightling the Pictures folder, hit Command i to bring up the info pane.
Make sure you are the owner and have read and write permissions. Click the button at the bottom of the window.
-If your problem is a locked file/files follow the info in the following Apple kb
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303232

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