IPhoto won't fully launch after an automatic software update

I've got iPhoto '09 version 8.1.2 (424) on a MAC OS X version 10.6.8 and recently went through an automatic software upgrade which seems to have stuffed iPhoto!
When I double-click on the iPhoto icon from the Applications folder, it collapses into the dock, and doesn't launch.
The desktop view then appears, with the iPhoto top menu bar, and no iPhoto launch material. In the top menu bar, most of the actions under the Events and Photos tabs are greyed out. Basically it's not launching as it used to, and I can't see or access any photos at all.
I've also tried connecting my iPhone to download photos, and emailing an image to save to iPhoto... but iPhoto doesn't launch - the icon in the dock doesn't jump and down. When I connected my camera, the icon in the dock jumped up and dwn, but then didn't fully launch into the application, and just went to the desktop view with the unhelpful greyed out iPhoto menu bar options.
Any ideas on how to restore iPhoto to working order?? I'm not super computer literate either. Thanks!

Try trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder.
(On 10.7: Hold the option (or alt) key while clicking on the Go menu in Finder to access the User Library)
(Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)
What's the plist file?
For new users: Every application on your Mac has an accompanying plist file. It records certain User choices. For instance, in your favourite Word Processor it remembers your choice of Default Font, on your Web Browser is remembers things like your choice of Home Page. It even recalls what windows you had open last if your app allows you to pick up from where you left off last. The iPhoto plist file remembers things like the location of the Library, your choice of background colour, whether you are running a Referenced or Managed Library, what preferences you have for autosplitting events and so on. Trashing the plist file forces the app to generate a new one on the next launch, and this restores things to the Factory Defaults. Hence, if you've changed any of these things you'll need to reset them. If you haven't, then no bother. Trashing the plist file is Mac troubleshooting 101.

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