Iphoto won't start

hi
i have 2 user accounts on a powermac g4. on one user's side iphoto runs fine. on the other side iphoto is just stuck in the "loading library" phase and never goes further. at one point (while trying to start iphoto) it said something about missing system files? and that i should reinstall iphoto. that message has never come back. and the fact that it runs fine on other user side confuses me.

Hi hypertrout,
That confuses me also, as there is only one iPhoto application on the computer.
Never the less, let's try to troubleshoot your user or your iPhoto Library folder.
It could be a corrupt preference file for your user-navigate to the Preferences folder and delete the iPhoto Preference file.
Preference file
It could also be a data file in the library causing this. To troubleshoot, create a new library:
Follow the instructions in the next screenshots for "creating a new library"
When you launch iPhoto holding down the Option key this is the window you will get.
Create a new library or choose a library to open
Choose to create a new library if that is what you want to do (YES), or choose a library to open by clicking the "choose" button.
If you click the "create library" iPhoto will open with a brand new library for you to import images to.
If iPhoto opens this new library, then some data file in your old library was causing the library not to load.
Get back to me if any of these worked.

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