Lost tags on contact sheet in Library

I'm running Mac OS X 10.4.11 on a G4 and have upgraded to the latest LR 1.3.1
I have lost all my tags to let me know that I have keywords attached or that I have a 5 star filter
on an image etc.
Do I need to dump LR and reinstall?
Cheers Michael

Well, that's not a kosher way of installing on a Mac or anywhere else. Always quit the app. , trash it or move to a another location, then install. Why don't you now delete your LR .plist, install again after trashing the other versions?
Good luck.

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Miklos:
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Hi megapixeldave,
Deleting iPhoto 6, then reinstalling it will not affect your iPhoto Library folder.
To reinstall iPhoto...
Navigate to /Applications and drag iPhoto to the trash
Navigate to /Library/Receipts and drag all iPhoto receipts to the trash
Navigate to ~/Library/Preferences and drag com.apple.iPhoto.plist to the trash.
Insert your iLife CD/DVD and choose to do a custom install. You will have to keep on going through the steps of the install before you get to the screen where you can choose a custom install.
Install iPhoto.
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