IPhoto images lost -- help!

Like most users, I couldn't upload pictures from iPhoto to the internet because the iPhoto Library folder is grayed out. I searched the forums and someone advised to copy the iPhoto Library folder to my desktop. I did that and now I can't see any of my photos in iPhoto -- they've all been replaced with question marks -- and double clicking on the iPhoto Library folder produces no effect other than to open iPhoto. There are no files in it. Where are my photos? I just lost ten years of my life and I'm pretty hysterical about it. Hoping someone can help. Thanks.

Update on the above. As I said, when I click on the desktop copy of iPhoto Library it opens iPhoto and there are only question marks. When I search my entire MAC for jpgs, it shows me all of the images and identifies that they are indeed on my desktop in the iPhoto Library and gives me preview thumbnails. However, when I try to open any of them, they open iPhoto and give me the question mark. How is this possible?

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