IPhoto Disappeared after reinstall

I had some issues and needed to reload my operating system. After a restart IPhoto is now gone completely. I still have all the other ILife components(move, garage band, etc). I put the reinstall disk in and tried reinstalling ILife 08. It says it was successful but whenever I click on IPhoto nothing happens....the program still is not there. Any idea on how I can get it back?

Torti
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delete all of the iPhoto receipts - "your hard drive" ==> library ==> receipts - and do the reinstall again
What your you reinstalling from - iLife '08 disk or the restore disks that came with your computer? iLife programs are not contained on OS upgrades
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