Unimported photos found in Library when iPhoto is launched

Hiya,
I get this alert every time I open Iphoto *"A photo has been found in the iPhoto Library folder that was not imported. Would you like to import it?"* Wether I say yes or no to importing it can't find any missing photos. I found a thread saying delete the recovered photos folder it creates in Iphoto, but it still does it. I have only had Iphoto 2 weeks and only imported to it once from my photo folder on my backup drive. I'm running version 8.1.2,
thank you for any advice.

quit iPhoto and go to the iPhoto library (by default in your pictures folder) and right click on it - select show package contents and find the folder named import (or importing) and drag it to the desktop - MAKE no other changes to the contents of the iPhoto library - close the iPhoto library and launch iPhoto - you will be fine - open the import(ing) folder an if there are any photos in it that you need to import do so and then trash the import(ing) folder
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