Loaded iLife 06, opened iPhoto and now our iPhoto Library isn't showing up!

Question

So I installed iLife and opened iPhoto and received an error message telling me to go and "apply read write permissions to all enclosed items" - so I did this and now when I open iPhoto nothing comes up in the Library! Where are my photos hiding and how do I get them back to my iPhoto Library? Thanks for any and all help.

Answer 1

It appears that you've been victimized by the corrupt database file issue that's been reported more and more lately. You'll probably have to start over with a new library and import the full sized original files from your old library.
1 - check in your library folder to see if it appears similar to this. If so then it's been converted to the V6 folder system and your full sized photos will be located within the Originals folder inside subfolders representing each roll in the library.
2 - If your at V6 move your iPhoto Library folder to the desktop.
3 - launch iPhoto and create a new library.
4 - drag the single Originals folder from the old library into the open iPhoto window.
This will produce a library with the same rolls as your old library but there will be no keywords, albums, etc.
If you current library is still in the V5 format post back as you have a more difficult task in getting just the full sized files out and into a new library.
As Dave mentioned, if you have a backup copy of your library folder we can start with it and have a much better chance of recovering your library or at least most of it.