IPhoto bouncing but not launching solution

Just thought I would share this (painful) experience with you folks so nobody will need to go through the frustrations I went though.
I got a new Macbook (white, 13"). Being the control freak I am, first thing I did was to do a clean re-install of OSX Tiger from the original discs (v10.4.10). This was so I only had what I wanted on my notebook, and not other needless stuff.
After the welcome screen, first thing I did, without starting any apps, was to run software update. This led to installation of the iLife updates (iPhoto 7.02 and iMovie 7.01). All was hunky dory, rebooted...
After the reboot, clicking on iPhoto and iMovie resulted in nothing. The icon would just bounce a few times, and... nothing. The application would not launch. This is one of the (many!) threads on Apple's support forums which shows this issue is not a unique one:
discussions.apple.com/me...=5319234#5319234
Yes, yes. I repaired permissions, deleted plist file, etc etc. No joy. Rung Apple Support - completely clueless. To make things worse, none of the forums provided solutions to this problem.
What was the solution? I re-installed OSX again (grr....), but this time, instead of installing the iLife patches straight away, I opened iPhoto, iMovie FIRST; exited, then ran software update, applied the latest patches, rebooted and waa-laa... no problems.
My gripe with this:
1. What if your "typical user" did what I initially did? What a quandary they would be in!
2. How can Apple make such a basic mistake? Won't there be a appreciable number of power users out there that would have done what I did, and applied patches on the first install?
I hope anyone who have had this problem find this post useful.

If you hadn't reinstalled the system this wouldn't have happened. If you didn't want certain things on the MacBook couldn't you have just deleted them? If it were the extra language modules you could have used Monolingual. The MBs setup to work right out of the box with no further installations. Most users do just that, start using the MacBook right out of the box and bring over their user files, etc. either manually or with Migration Assistant. You're the first I can remember with this specific problem posting.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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