IPhoto 6.0.4 Quits When I Try to Empty iPhoto Trash

iPhoto quits when I try to empty the iPhoto trash. When I reopen iPhoto, the items are still in the trash.
1.42 GHz,G4 iBook   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Try the following:
1 - make a backup copy of your iPhoto Library folder
2 - do some edit on the bad photo.
3 - go to the Modified folder in the iPhoto Library folder and find the new modified file.
4 - copy that file to the desktop.
5 - locate the original file in the Originals folder and replace it with the new file from the desktop.
6 - now see if you can delete that file via iPhoto.
If that doesn't work, try deleting the original, modified and data (thumbnail) version of that file. Then rebuild the library by launching iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select the first three options.
You'll always have the backup version in case these "fixes" mess things up even more.

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