Blank page when opening Safari 4 - no top sites or cover flow

When I open Safari 4 Beta, I do not go to the home page that I have selected in Preferences or to any cover flow display of sites that I have visited, but to a blank page with the address "topsites://" that has a message on it which says, "Safari can’t open the specified address. Safari can’t open “topsites://” because Mac OS X doesn’t recognize Internet addresses starting with “topsites:”." In fact, I am never able to get any top sites or cover flow display at all. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Safari 4, most lately today, so that I have Version 4 Public Beta (5528.17). Any idea what I need to do? Thanks!

HI,
Try Open DNS
Try resetting Safari from the Menu Bar. Safari/Reset Safari. Check the top 5 buttons, click Reset.
Try deleting this file. com.apple.Safari.plist /Users/YourName/Library/Preferences. Drag that file from the Preferences folder to the Trash, empty the Trash and restart your Mac.
The only way to successfully uninstall Safari BETA 4 is to use the UNinstaller that came in the same folder when you downloaded Safari BETA 4. It doesn't really uninstall Safari, it just reverts your version number back to 3.2.1.
Carolyn

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