What do I do if Iphoto is not working?

When I click on the iphoto icon it opens but the window is completely blank and after a few seconds the loading icon appears and when I right click on the iphoto icon it says not responding. It has been doing this for a few months now and I can not access my photos.

What is your iPhoto version? And what happened, before this started? Did you upgrade software or import new photos?
To check, if there is a problem with your current iPhoto library, create a small test library. Lauch iPhoto, while holding down the alt/option key. The select to create a new iPhoto library from the panel, that will appear. Import a few photos and test. Does that work?
If a new iPhoto library is working well, we'll know, that your current library needs fixing. Back up your iPhoto library, if your backup is not current, and then repair - and if necessary rebuild your iPhoto library - how will depend on your iPhoto version. See this document: iPhoto 6 and later: Rebuilding the iPhoto library
Post back, please, if that does not work.

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please tell as in more detail, in what way iPhoto is not working. So it is hard to guess, what might be going on.
First of all - what version of iPhoto. and what version of the Operating System?
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With the amount of information you've provided it's impossible to offer a potential solution. We can't see your computer so we need to know the details of your problem and setup, i.e.:
what version of iPhoto are you using?
what system version are you running?
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what fixes have you tried?
where is your library located?
did you apply any updates or upgrades just prior to the problem occurring?
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how much free space on your boot drive?
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so i don't lose all my photos!!
Make a back up now.
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Drag the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to another Disk. This will make a copy on that disk.
Slightly more complex: Use an app that will do incremental back ups. This is a very good way to work. The first time you run the back up the app will make a complete copy of the Library. Thereafter it will update the back up with the changes you have made. That makes subsequent back ups much faster. Many of these apps also have scheduling capabilities: So set it up and it will do the back up automatically.
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