Slideshow - Default Music will not change

My wife made an iPhoto slideshow for a friend, using a custom iTunes playlist. She is now trying to make a slideshow for her mom, using a different iTunes playlist. The new playlist will play during the slideshow when she selects it, but keeps defaulting back to the original 'friend' playlist before we can export her Mom's slideshow. It also reverts back if we try to watch it in iPhoto again.
I have tried making the 'mom' playlist the 'default' but that isn't stopping the problem. I've also deleted the 'friend' playlist from iTunes, but iPhoto is still using those songs as a default.
Am I missing another 'default' selection box somewhere? Any tips on how to fix the problem?
Thanks in advance!

Try trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder. (Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)
*What's the plist file?*
For new users: Every application on your Mac has an accompanying plist file. It records certain User choices. For instance, in your favourite Word Processor it remembers your choice of Default Font, on your Web Browser is remembers things like your choice of Home Page. It even recalls what windows you had open last if your app allows you to pick up from where you left off last. The iPhoto plist file remembers things like the location of the Library, your choice of background colour, whether you are running a Referenced or Managed Library, what preferences you have for autosplitting events and so on. Trashing the plist file forces the app to generate a new one on the next launch, and this restores things to the Factory Defaults. Hence, if you've changed any of these things you'll need to reset them. If you haven't, then no bother. Trashing the plist file is Mac troubleshooting 101.
Regards
TD

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