Iphoto lybrary converted to Aperture

When  I try to start iPhoto I get the message that it has become an aperure library.  I did not convert it and evne do not have Aperture.  How can I rebuild it as an iPhoto library ?

Exact error : Your photolibrary is being used by another applicatin or is unreadable.
Turn the computer of and restart. The Aperture library can not be opend with iphoto...
But after restart of iphoto several times I got a new message that my iphoto library was unreadable but no more mention of Aperture.
So a rebuild of the library solved the problem.
Thanks for you time.
Greetings
Yves.

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