I photo missing

i photo missing.cannot find in applications or anywhere else.how do i get it back?please help.

Tommy Shanks
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Could you supply a little more information please? Until you do no one can do anything except make wild guesses.
What did you do to lose it?
Have you looked in the trash? if that is where it is just drag it back to the applications folder.
Have your done a search for it?
What hardware and software do you have?
Did you have a hard drive crash?
Did you just upgrade your OS? If so how did you do that?
What else do that might have affected your iPhoto application?
What version of iPhoto do (did) you have?
What version of the OS are you running?
One answer is for you to use the install disks that came with your computer and install iPhoto from there using the install bundled software option (or following MacWorld's instructions here.
Good luck
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