Missing album/folder frame

I've been using iPhoto 5 for some time and have never had this problem. I can see my film rolls in the library fine, all are intact, all folders on my computer are in the same location they've been for the last 2 years with no changes. However, I can no longer see my individual albums or folders! I see a small "dot" on the left edge of the window, but when I click on it, the frame does not open - I get a "modify width" cursor instead -- you know, the kind you can pull a column wider with in Excel, etc.
I tried making a new album from the menus, thinking that might force the frame to appear, but all it did was give me a blank window and I had to force it back to the main library in order to see any photos at all.
What's up with this? Is it some kind of weird incompatibility thing? Did I accidentally upgrade something else that's keeping this feature from working? How can I get it back???
The program works fine otherwise, but I wish I could see my folders again. The names of the albums/folders appear in a list if I go to the Preferences/Sharing, but I can't access them at all.

Hi klinqueen,
Sometimes people can't get that source window open, even when they try to move the dot to the right.
First try to drag the button to show the column as show here
If that doesn't work, then you need to delete the Preference file. That info (size of the source window) is kept in the iPhoto Preference file.
Quit iPhoto
Open your User folder, then open the Library in your user folder, then open the Preferences in the Library folder.
In the Preference folder is a file called com.apple.iPhoto.plist
For now, drag that file to the desktop. Launch iPhoto and see if the source window is there or if you can open the source window. If you can, that means that Preference file you dragged to the desktop was corrupt. Put it in the trash.
IPhoto made a new one when it was launched. Open iPhoto Preferences and set your preferences again and you are good to go.

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