Message: This library was created with unreleased version of iPhoto. HELP.

The message goes on to say, open in iPhoto 2 or 4 before trying to upgrade to 6. I have numerous Libraries on external RAID. All opened fine under 5.
I certainly never had unreleased version of any Apple program, nor do I know where to get copy of iPhoto 2 or 4. ANY IDEAS? THANKS.
G5/PB17/15/12 Mac OS X (10.4.5) Too many toys/too little time

HI DesperateMacWives,
Does this happen when you try to open all the libraries or is it just one library giving you that message?
There have been a number of posters here with the same message. so far I have no solution other than creating a new library from the old one.
How many images do you have in your library?
Do you mind losing albums, keywords, comments?
If not...
close iPhoto
-drag the iPhoto Library folder to the desktop
-launch iPhoto and create a new library
-double click the iPhoto Library folder on the desktop to open it
-the two main folders you will need to import are the Original folder and the Modified folder (only if you want to import the edited images).
-the Originals folder has all your originals photos unedited. the Modified folder has all images that you have edited, rotated, cropped, etc.
-Drag these two folders to the desktop
-If you want to save the edited image, find it in the roll in the Modified folder and drag it into the roll of the same name in the Originals folder. It will replace the originals and now will be the original.
-If you don't care to save any edited images, then don't import the Modified folder into iPhoto or don't bother replacing the edited image with the original image like I just described.
-If you import the Originals folder into iPhoto you will have all your originals in their named rolls.
-If you import the Originals and Modified folders into iPhoto, you will have all of the being in the originals folder in the finder. The roll with the same name as the other will have a _1 appended to it's name (in the finder)
-the roll from the originals will be next to the same roll from the Modified folder within iPhoto. You can then delete any of the images from there if you want.
I know this might sound confusing but it really isn't.
Get back if any of this sounds like something you might want to do.

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