Aperture Stuck on Updating Library

In the activities dialog box the following can never be changed:
Activities: Updating Library
Description: Building Previews
Status: 12 remaining
For some reason the above is stuck. "12 remaining" will never start counting down, its stuck on 12. Due to this I always have to force quit every time. Any way of finding where these 12 files are? Do I have to mess with the .plist which I have never done? This aperture 2.1.1 is not smart enough to tell the end user where the problem, corrupt file or what ever it is is located.
I already tried rebuilding my library with no luck. Anyone out there who knows what this means and if there is a solution that will resolve this?????

Another topic already covering this issue, but no luck fixing it so far. http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8177537#8177537

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Message was edited by: Kirby Krieger

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