Lost my thumbnails and can't recreate them

I'm using iPhoto 6.0.5. I started to edit some new pictures and noticed that every picture I edited had lost it's thumbnail. I checked out this site and found out it is a big problem. I tried all the suggestions including rebuilding the library.
After I rebuilt the library ALL my photos had lost there thumbnail. After trying and trying I finally gave up and exported all my photos to a folder. I then created a new library and then imported all my photos back. I new iPhoto would recreate the thumbnails for sure this time. To my surprise it didn't work, I still have no thumbnails just 1000+ black rectangles.
Does anybody have any idea what I can try next?

Mike:
As a first try, download and run BatChmod on the iPhoto Library folder with the settings shown here, putting your administartive name in the owner and group sections. You can either type in the path to the folder or just drag the folder into that field.
Then rebuild the library if necessary.
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Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your User/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
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In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: It can take some time to create the new library if you have a lot of photos. One user reported that with a library of about 5,000 images it took about 12 hours so plan ahead.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.

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