When a new hard drive was installed in my imac, photobooth asked me to choose my existing photo booth library or create a new one. My existing one is there, but I can't select it.

My hard drive recently had to be replaced, and I just got my computer back with successful data recovery. When I opened Photo Booth, I was prompted with the following: 'Photo Booth could not locate your photo library. Please choose an existing library, or create a new one in order to continue using Photo Booth. This photo library will be used the next time you open Photo Booth.'
I navigated to my regular photo booth library in my hard drive, but it wouldn't allow me to select it. I then tried opening and updating iPhoto including upgrading my library. I imported my old Photo Booth Library as well. Everything works! I should be allowed to use the same folder as before, instead of creating a "Photo Booth Library #2" or something. Any Ideas?

Repair permissions ...
Launch Disk Utility located in your Applications / Utilities folder
Select the startup disk on the left then select the First Aid tab.
Click:  Repair Disk Permissions
This can take a few minutes so don't be alarmed. 
Restart your Mac when it's finished then try PhotoBooth.

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