Iphoto '08 is blank after I renamed iphoto library

I created a new iphoto library and renamed the original iphoto library, but now both are blank. I tried rebuilding by holding down option and command keys, but both are still blank. Please help.

have you pointed iPhoto to the correct library? Depress the option key and launch iPhoto and use the select library option
rebuilding is not a part of changing the location of the iPhoto library
LN

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3 - reboot.
4 - launch iPhoto and try again.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. What did you rename: the library package or the photos inside of it or both? How did you rename the pictures if that's what you did? I hope not from the Finder as that's committing the cardinal sin of iPhoto, messing the the contents of the library from the Finder.
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So, if I rename a single large file (i.e. not a folder), will it also treat that as having been deleted and back up a completely new instance of it or is it intelligent enough to simply redirect the hard link to the newly-named file?
No, it's treated as one item deleted, another created. Doesn't matter whether it's a single file, folder with a zillion sub-folders, package, application, or whatever.
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