Opens but no window

When I open Safari. The black arrow is below the icon in the dock. I get the Safari across the top. But no window. No safari window in the right side of the dock. I've reset Safari. Emptied the cache. I've thrown out the com.apple.safari.plist and restarted. And it still will not work. Luckily I have Firefox so I could get here to post this question. Any ideas anyone?
Thanks, Dave

It seems I'm going to have to re-install the software.
You can certainly try that, but it may not solve anything. You can either do an Archive & Install with Preserve Users and Network Settings, or you can just reinstall Safari and then use Software Update to get the most recent version for Panther, which is 1.3.2.
If you choose to reinstall Safari only; this is what you need to do:
1. Quit all running programs.
2. Repair Permissions.
3. Insert your Mac OS X install/restore disc, navigate to the Optional Installs folder (if there is one), and open the Optional Installs.mpkg file.
4. Check the box to install Safari and run the installer; quit when done and eject and disc.
5. Use Software Update to bring your system current.
6. Repair Permissions.
Mulder

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