Does Boot Camp Ruin iPhoto on OSX Side of Partition?

I installed Windows 7 with Boot Camp v3.0.01 on my iMac (OSX 10.6.4, 24"). I experienced some difficulties downloading the drivers to connect my Apple wireless keyboard and mouse, but the problem was resolved using the updated Boot Camp v3.1. Windows 7 seems to be working fine.
Since the installation, the following features don't work in iPhoto ('08, v7.1.5):
1/ iPhoto preference under Events: select double-click [main] Event photo [to show all photos in Event] (I double-click on the main Event photo, no thumbnails appear, though scrubbing shows other photos under the Event).
2/ iPhoto preference under General: select double-click to magnify photos (once photos in an Event are shown as thumbnails, I double-click the thumbnail, no magnification occurs).
3/ iPhoto Help: select Search (no cursor blinks, I'm not able to type in a topic for the Help function).
4/ Shutting down iPhoto occasionally generates a crash message, even though the application successfully shuts down.
Has my iPhoto application been compromised by the Boot Camp partition? Or have I configured iPhoto in such a way that I lost functionality? Could this have something to do with my mouse configuration?
Can anyone help me out?
Thanks.

MadisonP & Terrence:
Your help is greatly appreciated (as is your patience with my ineptitude).
Terrence: I tried your suggestion to plug in another mouse and try to see if my iPhoto (clicking) preferences were applied. I deleted com.apple.iPhoto.plist (Home > User > (my hard drive name) > Library > Caches), created a new iPhoto Library and then loaded up a number of test images. I then swapped a corded, USB mouse (Logitech M110 mouse, left/right buttons, scroll wheel) for my Mighty Mouse. To make sure, I reset all of my iPhoto preferences.
When I performed my test, the new Logitech mouse couldn't click on an Event photograph and produce thumbnails or all the photographs saved under the Event; or magnify photographs already showing under an Event (I arrived at these individual photographs by selecting "Photographs" which showed all photographs saved in the Library). The new mouse couldn't function under my pre-set preferences.
I don't believe my problem is related to the physical mouse that I'm using.
MadisonP: First, I admit I'm a bit of tech-challenged dork. I didn't look in the right file for the iPhoto plist initially (as you can see from the above paragraph, I finally looked in the correct files). Sorry.
As for your suggestion, I deleted com.Apple.iPhoto.plist several times - (a) deleted plist before accessing the new iPhoto Library that I created (see above), (b) deleted plist before accessing the original iPhoto Library, (c) deleted plist and restarted my iMac before accessing the new iPhoto Library and (d) deleted plist and restarted my iMac before accessing the original iPhoto Library. In all of these cases, I still couldn't click on an Event photograph and produce thumbnails or all the photographs saved under the Event; or magnify photographs already showing under an Event.
Although, I'm not tech-savvy, I'm inclined to think my problem is related to underlying driver for my Mighty Mouse. It must of been updated (intentionally or unintentionally) when I employed Boot Camp (and Boot Camp update v3.1) to partition my iMac for a Windows 7 installation. I say this because the functionality of my mouse changed after the installation of Windows 7.
I could have altered my Mighty Mouse driver unintentionally. After I installed Windows 7, I experienced connectivity issues with my Apple (aluminum) wireless keyboard and Mighty Mouse like many others. At one point, I did download the Boot Camp v3.1 update and saved the file on my OSX desktop for future use (at the time, I didn't realize that I had to save the downloaded file on the Windows side of the partition). I do not believe I ran this Windows update in the OSX environment (couldn't run anyway, right?). I deleted the file when I fixed the connectivity issue on the Windows side of the partition.
At the moment, I cannot even double-click on a file like, "Caches," to open it. To open the file, I have to "right-click" the file name to open a drop-down menu that includes the option to "Open" the file. I never had to do this before. The kicker is that I can left double-click on, say, the iPhoto icon, and the application will open and run. Needless to say, this is driving me nuts.
I know you're going to ask this: I checked my preferences for my Mighty Mouse under System Preferences.
My most recent attempt to fix the problem involved the download and installation of the SteerMouse application. The application was recommended by the staff on the Apple website (Downloads) to address certain functionality issues with my mouse. That application didn't help solve my mouse problem.
I'm tempted to bag the partition altogether and use my Time Capsule backup files to revert to my original iMac configuration.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Mac Challenged

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