TS2551 Library iPhoto Library "is open in (null)"

Running 10.7.4 on my MacBook Pro and using a LaCie as backup for my iPhoto Library (version 11, at least last time opened....) called  “iPhoto Library Orange”. When trying to access my backup I get the message
"The photo library needs to be upgraded to work with this version of iPhoto. Your photo library will not be readable by previous versions of iPhoto after the upgrade. The upgrade process for very large libraries may take an hour or more to complete."
Clicking Upgrade gives following:
"The library “iPhoto Library Orange” is open in (null). To open this library in iPhoto you must quit (null)." Only alternative is Cancel (Continue-button is inactive), which quits iPhoto.
No problems earlier, whats this sudden problem? How can I proceed?
Rgds Tom

Back up your iPhoto library and depress the option and command keys and launch iPhoto - repaire permissions
If this does not do it
Elijahg
post this response in another thread - some reported it worked - some reported that it did no - I have not tested
To fix it, you need to right click on the iPhoto Library and chooke Show Package Contents. Delete iPhotoLock.data, and then go to Database/apdb/ and delete lockfile.pid. Somehow this lockfile gets kind of stuck, with no PID inside causing the "(null)" part of the error message.
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