Library won't open on a user

Hi all,
new iMac 27" with everything updated.
Two users, I and my wife, each one with an iPhoto Library.
Suddenly my wife was not able to open her library.
I tried to open it from my user, iPhoto asked me for a repair, I did it and now from my user works fine, but my wife cannot open it.
No error, no popup, iPhoto is "just thinking", and stays forever.
I tried to create a new library with "iPhoto Library Manager", same thing, no difference.
Any suggestion?

Hello MarcoGT2
Try opening it while holding the following keys (Command and Option) to bring up the options to rebuild the iPhoto Library and see if that resolves the issue. Check out the articles below for further troubleshooting options.
iPhoto 6 and later: Rebuilding the iPhoto library
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2638
Mac OS X: How to troubleshoot a software issue
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1199
Regards,
-Norm G.

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