Safari always opens last site visited on previous session

Something changed that keeps Safari from opening, on startup, anything other than the last page I visited on the last browsing session. Neither loging out, nor rebooting, chanes this situation. I have looked through all available threads and have not found a similar occurance. If I had three windows open during the last session, all three widows pop up when I restart Safari. I have reset Safari, and have set the home plage to blank; nothing appears to work. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, peter

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