Iphoto will not open, black screen comes up and will not let me rebuild. what do i do to fix this problem?

this is the message that comes up when i try to rebuild it or do anything to it as far as opening iphoto:
your photo library is either in use by another application or has become unreadable
… shut down and restart your computer then open iPhoto again. if that problem persist. try rebuilding your photo library. to do this, quit iPhoto and then reopen it while keeping the option and command keys pressed. you can also try restoring your photo library from a back up.

Remember to hold both the alt and command keys while launching to get the rebuild menu.
If that fails then your options are
Restore from your back up
or
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.

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