IPhoto takes forever to launch!

I'm not a very big user of iPhoto, I have less than 1000 photos so my library isn't very big. My problem is that when I try and launch iPhoto it will sit there bouncing (no window has shown up) for about 5 minutes, then when it stops bouncing the icon sits there doing nothing (but still no window up yet) after another 3-5 minutes I will finally get to use iPhoto. Once I'm in iPhoto things work smoothly, the app closes quick, but emailing a photo is a hassle, loads up fine and gives me a preview quick but once I click send the entire app becomes unusable for another 5-10 minutes! It's not fully frozen but just seems to no longer function, I can still click the cancel button edit the email ect... but I have to wait 5-10 minutes before I finally get the photo was emailed message and am allowed to use the app.

Do you have Windows installed via Bootcamp? If so, eject the boot camp partition before launching iPhoto.
Regards
TD

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