Iphoto Damaged?

Hi Guys!
I just bought my mac on new years eve and was playing on Iphoto yesterday. It crashed for some reason so I turned off the mac and when I turned it on this morning to play with it again, it pops up with a message saying that 'Iphoto cannot be opened because the file may be damaged or incomplete'
This is my first mac and dont know my way fully round the system yet so please any help can you describe in detail please.
Thank you!
Simon

The problem with looking to 9 month old threads for re-installing instructions is that they get out of date - made so by the fact that you're on different OS now. The receipts are in a different place in 10.7 compared to 10.6, for instance. So now the r-install suggestion runs:
To re-install iPhoto
1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applications Folder to the trash)
2a: On 10.5: Go to HD/Library/Receipts and remove any pkg file there with iPhoto in the name.
2b: On 10.6: Those receipts may be found as follows: In the Finder use the Go menu and select Go To Folder. In the resulting window type
/var/db/receipts/
2c: on 10.7 they're at
/private/var/db/receipts
A Finder Window will open at that location and you can remove the iPhoto pkg files.
3. Re-install.
If you purchased an iLife Disk, then iPhoto is on it.
If iPhoto was installed on your Mac when you go it then it’s on the System Restore disks that came with your Mac. Insert the first one and opt to ‘Install Bundled Applications Only.
If you purchased it on the App Store you can find it in your Purchases List.
You can re-install only iPhoto from yor disk. Just opt to so a custom install. It's an option on the lower left hand side of the installer window.
There are two ways to rebuild the iPhoto database. The built-in version is accessed simply by holding the command and alt keys on startup of the app. You can also download a 3rd party app called iPhoto Library Manager
Regards
TD

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2a: On 10.5: Go to HD/Library/Receipts and remove any pkg file there with iPhoto in the name.
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