IPhoto library missing after crash

Had just launched iPhoto to tweak some photos and it froze on me. Attempted a force-quit and it froze my PowerBook. Forced a restart and when i re-launched iPhoto, it reverted to a fresh, newly-launched version; i.e., no library! This was accompanied by a window saying I needed to upgrade and would I like to do that now? Clicked "Upgrade" and it crashed. This would happen everytime I launched it. Guess I'll have to re-install iLife, but does anyone have any ideas on why this happened?

Dino:
Check in your User/Pictures folder and see if you have more than one iPhoto Library folder. If so check the Originals folder of each to see which contains your image files. Then move the one without the image files to the desktop.
Next delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that's in your User/Library/Preferences folder. Launch iPhoto with the Option key depressed and when asked, search for and select the library folder in your Pictures folder to open. If it crashes again, try the following:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your User/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File->Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: It can take some time to create the new library if you have a lot of photos. One user reported that with a library of about 5,000 images it took about 12 hours so plan ahead.
This creates a new library folder which you name and leaves your original library folder untouched. It has succeeded where other methods have not.

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