IPhoto does load load library

When I start iPhoto, it shows the photos screen, and "Loading Photos", but nothing is loaded. This happened without any changes bring made to the iMac. Have tried trashing the iphoto.plist, this does not help.
OS X 10.5.8
iPhoto 4.0.3 (4H2)

By "reload iPhoto" do you mean re-install it? The poblem is with your library, re-installing won't make a difference.
The simplest solution is to restore from your back up.
Regards
TD

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If you have room on the EHD select the next to last backup to restore and see if it can be recognized by iPhoto.
I'd also try this: create a new empty folder, open the library with the Finder and move all of the files in the library into the new folder. Now see if iPhoto will recognize the new folder as a library.
Alos download and run iPhoto Library Manager to see if it will recognize the library.
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Let me see if I understand your question. You connected a Sony to download photos. Did you get the photos into your iPhoto?
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Click Parental Controls and select options to determine what the user can do with the computer.
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Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
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