When I try to open iPhoto, it crashes. Help?

...So I click "reopen" however I then get a message asking me whether or not I want to "restore its windows". I click "restore windows" but nothing happens. I don't know what to do as all my photos and videos are on iPhoto and I really don't want to lose them.

Most Simple Back Up:
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.
Example of such apps: Chronosync - but there are many others. Search on MacUpdate or the App Store

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