I tried to restore pictures from iPhoto and my back up drive was locked.  When I clicked the icon to replace it gave me an error message that the pictures were locked. Now I can't open iPhoto. It says I have to reinstall it?

I was trying to restore my photos in Iphoto through time machine.  When I did so I clicked on the icon to replace and then a message saying that certain files were locked.  I don't know how to unlock the files and now I cant open my iphoto.  Another message appears saying that I have to reistall the app.  I don't know how to do this either.  Any help Please.

I was able to resolve this by repairing permissions, even though no permissions error was listed specifically for that file.
I could also have recovered it through Time Machine, but I'm interested in knowing how not to have this happen again!
I was afraid of rebooting and possibly losing track even of the ghost.
I did not try EasyFind - I'll keep that in mind next time.
Thanks for all the comments.

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