Sharing iphoto 08 with pc

I have a imac that I back up to an external hard drive. I have a PC on which I've installed Bonjour for Windows to print wirelessly through my Mac. Can I transfer my iphoto library to my PC?

Your title says "share" but your question says "Transfer"?
iPhoto won't share with a PC, I'm afraid. You could share the photos if you set up iPhoto as a referenced library, but that has issues too - not least of which is that you would have to start over.
Regards
TD

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