IPhoto freezes during upgrade

I upgraded to Yosemite, then had to upgrade my iPhoto from mid 2010. I cannot finish the update, as it freezes, time and time again before finishing. This has been happening for over a week now. I am afraid that I have lost my close to 20,000 pictures. Any suggestions? I have already loaded iPhoto Library Upgrader.
Processor speed: 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3
4 GB Memory 1333MHz DDR3
Operating System OSX Yosemite 10.10

Try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete the contents the following folder:
User/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto
3 - reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: For Mavericks and Yosemite, go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:
where you can check the Show Library Folder checkbox.

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