10.9.2 update replaces safari favorites bookmark bar

Since updating a few days I've had the problem of an old favorites bar appearing in Safari each time I restart my Mac.  Each time I've had to restore the bookmarks.plist from a former time machine backup, but I'd like not to have to do that each time.
Can anyone tell me why that happens, and, more importantly, how to fix it?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Patrick

I disabled the auto-updates after the second auto-update yesterday (and after the Time Machine restore to 10.9.1). The update had already been downloaded prior to that. Apps started nagging me this morning about the update - again. There is no "cancel" option, all I do is click on "Remind me tomorrow". I suspect it will install it again anyway in the days ahead, or I may go ahead and do the update and see if the nav bar is still there given the Preferences > General fix. Thanks.

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