I cannot change any safari preferences in mavericks

i attempt to change my safari preferences such as toolbar, homepage, default search engine, and other preferences, but it keeps returning to the previos settings. i cannot even reset all of the top sites in safari

Might be corrupted Safari preferences ...
Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
Click Go then move the com.apple.Safari.plist file to the trash.
Quit and relaunch Safari then try changing Safari preferences.

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