IPhoto hangs when trying to set places

so far iPhoto 09 is a complete bust for me. Among other things iPhoto is unusable if i try to set places. after typing in a location the pinwheel of death comes up and stays. anyone else seeing this? any fixes?

Start with the troubleshooting basics:
1. Delete the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder. (Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)
2. Repair Permissions using Disk Utility
3. Create a new account (systempreferences -> accounts) and see if the problem is repeated there. If it is, then a re-install of the app might be indicated. If it's not, then it's likely the app is okay and the problem is something in the main account.
Regards
TD

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I think there is a confusion here about when iPhoto is quiting. We are not talking about iPhoto quiting for not particular reason here, but only when you preview (or saved as PDF) a project (Card, Calendar or Book).
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I did received a call from Ted, an Apple tech today and we have tried many things to solve the problem by removing some files from the Library/LaunchAgents and Library/LaunchDeamons and this is with no luck. This is what the engineers have said to try. The other choice is to reinstall Lion, but from scratch, meaning to download Lion, install it on an external HD or USB Thumb Drive and re-install everything.
I will try to do this next week and make sure to test out the iPhoto Preview Project before and after each installation of new softwares and updates to find out what is causing the problem.
This is sad that we couldn't find what was causing the problem, because really re-installing everthing was not the thing I had in mind. At the same time I have too much legacy, I did keep the same migration from OS X Tiger and never have started from scratch since then, that's 4 OS ago!

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