Can't open/update iPhoto

I have been lucky to install the new iLife '11, but after I have installed it for about a few weeks, it can't open. It happened to me when I tried to open it pops up a notice like this:
In order to open iPhoto, you need to update to the latest version.
Please run Software Update to install it now.
I have never seen this before, I mean it should be normal to update iPhoto, but there should be no reason why it cannot open just because of that small update. Anyway I went to Software Update and clicked to check new softwares. Guess what? It didn't even have anything to update. So I went to manually download the latest version of 9.1. Once again I failed, when noticing that it said right there, iPhoto update cannot be installed to this disk, iPhoto 9.0 or later is required to install this update. This is strange, wasn't iPhoto '11 version 9.0?
Luckily my photos are still there and quickly made a backup folder. Looks like I have to open my pics using review one at a time!
Anyone can help me out or had experienced this? Thanks!
Message was edited by: JoniMacUser

Thank you Col Raider! I have never moved iPhoto 09 or created folders, I left all the files exactly where they were originally installed and I still received the same error. I did exactly what you explained, I downloaded and installed update 9.1 (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1322) and voila, I finally successfully opened iPhoto 11. Not sure what the problem was, even after I uninstalled iPhoto 09 and deleted all the files and folders mentioned in some of the other discussions, it still did not work until this. Thanks again.

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