After numerous years of faithful service,
I finally experienced a Picasa 3 crash.

This just means the Picasa database is corrupted
and can be easily fixed by uninstalling, and re installing
If any member require the latest version of Picasa 3, I have a copy.
Picasa 3 is the only image viewer I have found that "rotates" continually
with an single image with one click. (each subsequent click rotates it 90 degrees)
Saves huge amounts of time with scanning platens full of random stamps
without setting the stamp in correct orientation on the platen.