IPhoto upon reopen has continuous spinning wheel.

I have numerous different iphoto libraries and managed them with iphoto library manager. recently upgraded to iphoto 9.2.2, updated the libraries successfully and then upon reopening, had continuous spinning wheel and no photos. was able to extract photos with manager but this most recent file, which i just created from scratch because of all the problems my old libraries were having, is now doing the same thing. just imported photos from a camera, then upon reopen, nada. tried to extract in manager, nada. says the file is corrupt. copied the library in manager and it seemed to recognize the photos but again i can't extract. words cannot explain how much i regret upgrading, years of libraries are scattered into bits and pieces.
i tried deleting the iphoto.plist file as i saw this was recommended in a support forum, but this really isn't working either. it only seems to work on one default library.
any help would be appreciated. thanks.

Option 1
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. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one. .
Regards
TD

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