IPhoto not loading pictures

I am trying to help a co-worker. Her Macbook has iPhoto 6. When she clicks the icon in the dock, the app starts to open and you see the iPhoto window but nothing appears in the left pane (folder tree). The black loading wheel keeps spinning and says Pictures Loading but nothing actually loads. She actually has not used iPhoto for pictures before but now she was going to transfer pictures from a camera to iPhoto for another co-worker. I've trashed the iPhoto preference and checked permission which she has Read/Write. Her iPhoto Library folder has these files: Library.iPhoto and Library6.iPhoto. When I double click to open them, the iPhoto window opens but the black spinning gear with 'Pictures Loading' message appears but no pictures actually load (apparently since she doesn't have any). I appreciate your help with this!

CSkareski
Welcome to the Apple user discussion forums
QUit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library folder to the desktop and launch iPhoto and create a new library and you should be able to import into it - go through the one on the desktop carefully and if there are no photos there (they would be in the originals folder which you say is not there) you can trash it
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