Preferences in Safari

Hello,
I've got a problem on my session in safari; when I open "preferences", I've got only the "advenced" window. How can I get the "General" Window?
Thanks for your help.

Hi,
You didn't mention which version of Safari you have so try these 2 things:
- In the preferences window, if there is a small grey pill-shaped button in the preferences title bar, click that to expand the selection.
- If there is no pill-shaped button, quit Safari, delete the following file, then restart Safari:
/Users/YourUsername/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist

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