IPhoto Library Manager question!

Hi,
My iPhoto recently stopped working (it opens fine but immediately stops responding and I always have to force quit). After reading advice online I downloaded iPhoto Library Manager so that I would at least have access to my photos. I'd really like to return to using iPhoto and assume that to do so I should remove the application, re-download it and then transfer the photos back over from iLM. Firstly, is this the right thing to do (if not, what is)? And secondly, will iLM save my photos even if I delete iPhoto?
Thanks a lot for your help!
H

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
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