Very annoying when iphoto tries to find erased photos

When starting iphoto, if a folder is selected by default from which the photos have been erased, I have to click "abort" (or whatever it says in english, my version is swedish) for each and every photo that was in that particular folder. If there were 200 photos, I need to click abort 200 times before being able to switch folder or do anything else for that matter. This is extremely annoying and seems not possible to get around, cause if I select that folder again in order to erase that too, the whole thing starts over again and i have to click abort another 200 times. This goes for all folders where the contained images have been erased or moved. Is there a way around this, or a keyboard shortcut for abort all or something?

I believe if you use iPhoto Library Manager to rebuild the library it will convert it to a managed library.
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button,
navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the Library ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note 1: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost.
Note 2: your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.
OT

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--First thing to know and remember is this...Do not drag any images, folder of images into the iPhoto Library in the Finder. Images have to be imported into iPhoto within the application. Do not scan images and save them into the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder. Save them to another location such as the Pictures folder or even the desktop. You can then import them into iPhoto.
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Two Apple kbs for you to read
Don't tamper with files in the iPhoto library folder
About the iPhoto Library folder
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