Need HELP...My iphoto's have disappeared...

Please can anyone help a really dumb person (ME) who was trying to print some photo's from iphoto and it would not work so I went to the info box and tried to get them to open in another users iphoto as their pics would print...Now I can't find my 2,000 pictures that were in my iphoto. It says iphoto needs library so when I do that a brand new iphoto opens with NOTHING in it. Can anyone please tell me they are still in my mac and that I just need someone intelligent to open them for me.....Thanks so Much....PS This is my first time on here and I hope I'm doing it right...?

Bridget,
Is your iPhoto Library still in your Pictures folder?
If it is, do a "get info" on it again and make sure the permissions are set for you. Make sure box on bottom is checked.
After you have done that, open iPhoto with the Option key and choose to open another library. Navigate to your Pictures folder and choose the iPhoto Library that is there.
iPhoto Library Info
When you launch iPhoto holding down the Option key this is the window you will get.
Create a new library or choose a library to open
Choose to create a new library if that is what you want to do, or choose a library to open by clicking the "choose" button.
If you click the "create library" iPhoto will open with a brand new library for you to import images to. If you click "choose" then you will get this window.
Open library
Navigate to where the library is on your computer and then choose it.

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