Help! Can't update photo library for iphoto 6.1

I just installed iLife. When I went to open iphoto it appeared to be updating my photo files. Then it stopped and a window popped open that said I needed to give read write permissions to all files. I made sure that all my photo files have read write permissions. Everytime I try to open iphoto it goes through the same procedure of trying to update the photo files and then gives me the same message about the permissions. Then it crashes.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Jenny

JenTob:
Try the following: download and run BatChmod on the iPhoto Library folder with the settings shown here, substituting your account name for mine. You can either type in the path to the folder or just drag the folder into that field. That will get any files that may have snuck by you. It's very effective.

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