Upgraded to 10.10.3, iPhoto Sharing Disabled

My Dad upgraded from Mac OS Yosemite 10.10.2 to 10.10.3, and now the iPhoto 9.6.1 Share selections for iCloud, Messages, and Flickr are disabled (dimmed out). It may be coincidence, but he accidentally started the new Photos app, and I'm not sure how far he got in the library migration process. Any ideas on why the sharing options are disabled and how to correct? I tried repairing permissions, verifying his iCloud and Flickr accounts (i.e. logging in via a web browser), and verifying his Flickr account was enabled in iPhotos preferences.
Thanks, Will

I was able to fix my loss of iPhoto.
1) I copied iPhoto.app from Applications folder to my backup drive (just to be sure, but in my case not necessary)
2) Dragged iPhoto from Applications folder to Trash.
3) Went to App Store and  iPhoto  now said "Install" instead of "upgrade"
4) Clicked on "Install", and it downloaded a huge (over 1gig) file.
5) Went to the Applications folder clicked on the newly downloaded iPhoto.app
6) When it opens its says your data has been migrated to Photos, and asks if you really want to use iPhoto. Choose to use iPhoto.
7) It then rebuilds your iPhoto library, and you are back to having a working iPhoto

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