IPhoto upgraded - now can't see photos

I have Mountain Lion on an iMac and have got 10.8.2 installed and iPhoto 11 (9.4.1).
There are 2 users. My wife and me.
After the iPhoto upgrade following installing 10.8, I got the message that the library needed to be upgraded and that earlier versions of iPhoto would not be able to read it. I duly clicked upgrade and everything works perfectly.
My wife did the same thing and her library was upgraded but now she can see nothing. The file structure is there - all the events and albums but they are just black squares. If you open an album, the photos are just black squares but if you click on 'info' all the picture data is there including locations shown on the map for the pictures with gps data. Her library still contains 15gb of data.
The same applies when opening in Aperture.
I have no idea what is going on or how to fix it and would appreciate any help. Thanks

Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Include the option to rebuild the thumbnails. It can take 3 or 4 goes for this to work

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