Safari always open minimized/freezes

I was wondering if anyone could help me figure how to change this. Whenever you open Safari, it opens at the top of the screen totally minimized to a small slit. When you click the green button it then opens but all all my bookmarks are missing. If I click and drag the tab sometimes that will fix it but other times it won't. It often freezes and I have to force close. Doses anyone have any insight? Thanks!
Lilly

Hi,
From your Safari menu bar click Safari / Extensions. If you have any installed, turn that OFF. Quit Safari (Command + Q) then relaunch Safari.
If it's not extensions, follow the instructions here for third party Safari plugins that may be causing this.
Unsupported third-party add-ons may cause Safari to unexpectedly quit or have performance issues
If third party plugins aren't the issue, login to another user account on your Mac. Launch Safari. See if you see the same problems, log back into your admin account. Launch Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left then select the FirstAid tab. Click: Verify Disk. If Disk Utility reports problems, follow the instructions here for Using Disk Utility to verify or repair disks.
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