Deleting a big diaporama

A friend created by error a too big Diaporama (194) in iPhoto. When He tries to enter it, iPhoto crashes and doesn't respond anymore. He trashed the Diaporama and now is the "Empty trash feature" who crashes the app with de rainbow circle.
Someone has a clue how to delete he error without damaging the all photo library.
Already (alt+cmd) to repair the database.
Thanks
Henri

Restore from your back up that predates this event.
If that's not possible:
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

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