I am trying to open my IPHOTO.

everytime I try and open Iphoto after update it tells me to use upgrader for Iphoto 11 when I do this it still will not allow me to open the program I have used the upgrader and restarted the computer. It was working fine before I installed new update on my Mac Book Pro. Getting frustrated.

Have you launched the library upgrader? You have to go ot the Applications folder ==> utilities and launch the library upgrader by double clicking on it - after it runs then launch iPHtoo to complete the upgrade
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Okay- so here's the long story!
Perhaps this will help.
My computer crashed a few months ago.
We got a new hard-drive.
I tried to open my iPhoto for the first time and go some message about it being "locked". I no longer get that message so I don't remember entirely what it said, but I followed to directions to "unlock" it.
Now, when I click 'iPhoto" on my dock, I get this message:
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When you select that, it takes me here and this is where my discussion started. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5037
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I use a Mac. When I try to open my iPhoto Library in Elements I get the error message "cannot complete request, PE does not recognize this type of file." The import option only allows me import a "frame from Video"?

You can't use iPhoto that way. Poking around in the iphoto library from outside iphoto is just begging for trouble, the fastest way to corrupt your library and lose all your images.
You have two choices with iphoto:
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It sounds like that Library is damaged. Restore from your back up is the simple surefire solution.
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When I try to open my iphoto, I get a notice saying the computer can't open it and it needs to be rebuilt, what does this mean?

When I tried to open my iphoto program yesterday and a box popped up saying ( iphoto is unable to open this library, the library has issues that require rebuilding to correct) Does this mean I have lost all my photos? And how do I rebuild it? I don't understand, It was working fine the last time I used it. Need help!!

It just needs to rebuild the database. You do have your iPhoto library backed up to an external source just in case?
And how do I rebuild it?
Hold down the Option + Command keys then launch iPhoto.
Select the first option.
iPhoto 9.0 Help (iPhoto '11): Back up your iPhoto library

I can't open the iPhoto. it freezes and i must quit it!

I have been trying to open my iPhoto already a week. it opens but doesn't load the pictures and it freezes. I must always quit to be able to continue working.
I have already reinstalled it. NO helpful. I have already reinstalled the Yosemite. No helpful.
here is the crash message I have when I quit.
That is the message I RECEIVED WHEN I FORCED TO QUIT THE IPHOTO:
Date/Time:       2015-03-31 11:07:52 +0200
OS Version:      10.10.2 (Build 14C109)
Architecture:    x86_64
Report Version: 21
Command:         iPhoto
Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Version:         9.6.1 (910.42)
Build Version:   1
Project Name:    iPhotoProject
Source Version: 910042000000000
App Item ID:     408981381
App External ID: 811998964
Parent:          launchd [1]
PID:             803
Event:           hang
Duration:        1.30s (process was unresponsive for 96 seconds before sampling)
Steps:           14 (100ms sampling interval)
Hardware model: iMac8,1
Active cpus:     2
Fan speed:       698 rpm
Timeline format: stacks are sorted chronologically
Use -i and -heavy to re-report with count sorting
Heaviest stack for the main thread of the target process:
14 start + 1 (libdyld.dylib + 13769) [0x7fff8bd715c9]
14 ??? (iPhoto + 67823) [0x106d798ef]
14 NSApplicationMain + 1832 (AppKit + 10772) [0x7fff8a482a14]
14 -[NSApplication run] + 594 (AppKit + 95635) [0x7fff8a497593]
14 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 194 (AppKit + 145200) [0x7fff8a4a3730]
14 _DPSNextEvent + 964 (AppKit + 147329) [0x7fff8a4a3f81]
14 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 71 (HIToolbox + 190123) [0x7fff8c2e66ab]
14 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 431 (HIToolbox + 190570) [0x7fff8c2e686a]
14 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 235 (HIToolbox + 191215) [0x7fff8c2e6aef]
14 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 328 (CoreFoundation + 465016) [0x7fff90928878]
14 __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 368 (CoreFoundation + 523520) [0x7fff90936d00]
14 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 23 (CoreFoundation + 523687) [0x7fff90936da7]
14 CA::Transaction::observer_callback(__CFRunLoopObserver*, unsigned long, void*) + 71 (QuartzCore + 146605) [0x7fff87c7acad]
14 CA::Transaction::commit() + 390 (QuartzCore + 77476) [0x7fff87c69ea4]
14 CA::Context::commit_transaction(CA::Transaction*) + 242 (QuartzCore + 78414) [0x7fff87c6a24e]
14 CA::Layer::layout_and_display_if_needed(CA::Transaction*) + 35 (QuartzCore + 80573) [0x7fff87c6aabd]
14 CA::Layer::display_if_needed(CA::Transaction*) + 603 (QuartzCore + 82817) [0x7fff87c6b381]
14 -[_NSViewBackingLayer display] + 834 (AppKit + 1217209) [0x7fff8a5a92b9]
14 _NSBackingLayerDisplay + 617 (AppKit + 1389471) [0x7fff8a5d339f]
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14 x_blame_allocations + 81 (QuartzCore + 86367) [0x7fff87c6c15f]
14 ___ZN2CA5Layer8display_Ev_block_invoke + 59 (QuartzCore + 86435) [0x7fff87c6c1a3]
14 CABackingStoreUpdate_ + 3306 (QuartzCore + 89747) [0x7fff87c6ce93]
14 -[NSView(NSLayerKitGlue) drawLayer:inContext:] + 108 (AppKit + 1389763) [0x7fff8a5d34c3]
14 -[NSView(NSLayerKitGlue) _drawViewBackingLayer:inContext:drawingHandler:] + 2407 (AppKit + 1392193) [0x7fff8a5d3e41]
14 __46-[NSView(NSLayerKitGlue) drawLayer:inContext:]_block_invoke + 218 (AppKit + 1392808) [0x7fff8a5d40a8]
14 -[NSView(NSInternal) _recursive:displayRectIgnoringOpacity:inGraphicsContext:CGContext:topView:shoul dChangeFontReferenceColor:] + 1186 (AppKit + 1394265) [0x7fff8a5d4659]
14 ??? (iPhoto + 2108119) [0x106f6bad7]
4   ??? (iPhoto + 2108776) [0x106f6bd68]
4   -[NSBezierPath(NSBezierPathDevicePrimitives) _deviceMoveToPoint:] + 130 (AppKit + 1657478) [0x7fff8a614a86]
2   -[NSBezierPath(NSBezierPathDevicePrimitives) _addPathSegment:point:] + 205 (AppKit + 1657733) [0x7fff8a614b85]
*2   hndl_alltraps + 229 (kernel + 2319765) [0xffffff8000436595]
*2   user_trap + 756 (kernel + 2206068) [0xffffff800041a974]
*1   vm_fault_internal + 5176 (kernel + 1694936) [0xffffff800039dcd8]
*1   delay_for_interval + 89 (kernel + 1236201) [0xffffff800032dce9]
*1   thread_block_reason + 175 (kernel + 1335599) [0xffffff800034612f]
*1   ??? (kernel + 1345492) [0xffffff80003487d4]
*1   machine_switch_context + 367 (kernel + 2186783) [0xffffff8000415e1f]
Process:         iPhoto [803]
Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Architecture:    x86_64
Parent:          launchd [1]
UID:             501
Task size:       131511 pages (+162)
CPU Time:        0.689s
Note:            Unresponsive for 96 seconds before sampling
Note:            3 idle work queue threads omitted
Anyone can help me?

As a Test:
Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library'
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Sounds like a damaged database.
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I am trying to open the iPhoto library that I used to have on my old PowerBook G4 with Tiger, but it does not work.
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The library is very big, 39 GB!
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If that fails:
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Fix #1
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