Iphoto 11 not showing any photos

Hi I can not get my iphoto library to show on the screen.  All the drop down meus are dimmed.  I can not see anything but the top line - eg File, Edit etc.  The only things that are not dimmed are minimise and maximise.  Please help.  My iphoto libraries are a bit of a mess as I installed Aperture - but it all got to confusing where to store everything, so I have a copy of iphoto on and external drive and also one on my harddrive.  I have made sure that the iphone library in under my username and under picture and still I can not see anything but the top bar.  What do you think I should do?
Please help this has not been working for about a months and I am going nuts now!!

There are 9 different versions of iPhoto and they run on 9 different versions of the Operating System. The tricks and tips for dealing with issues vary depending on the version of iPhoto and the version of the OS. So to get help you need to give as much information as you can. Include things like:
- What version of iPhoto.
- What version of the Operating System.
- Details. As full a description of the problem as you can. For example, if you have a problem with exporting, then explain by describing how you are trying to export, and so on.
- History: Is this going on long? Has anything been installed or deleted? - Are there error messages?
- What steps have you tried already to solve the issue.
- Anything unusual about your set up? Or how you use iPhoto?
Anything else you can think of that might help someone understand the problem you have.

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