Safari always opens with "Welcome to Safari" screen. Home page not saved.

After a clean reinstall of Yosemite on our mid-2010 iMac and an upgrade to Safari 8.0.2, my partner is greeted with the "Welcome To Safari" screen each time he launches Safari.
In addition, his home page is not saved and the Favorites bar, which is set to be displayed by default, does not show.
My own Safari experience is unaffected.
Has anybody else experienced this and any suggestions on how to fix it?
Thanks in advance.

Delete cookies
Safari > Preferences >  Privacy > Cookies and other website data:
Press the “Remove All Website Data” button.
It will take a while to finish.
Empty Caches
Safari > Preference > Advanced
Checkmark the box for "Show Develop menu in menu bar".
Develop menu will appear in the Safari menu bar.
Click Develop and select "Empty Caches" from the dropdown.
Turn off Extensions if any, and launch Safari.
Safari > Preferences > Extensions
Turn those extensions one by one and test.
  Delete safari .plist file.
  Quit all applications. Click on an empty spot on the desktop to activate Finder.
  Hold the “Option” key down and click the "Go" menu in the Finder menu bar.
  Select “Library” from the drop down.
  Library > Preferences >  com.apple.Safari.plist
  Right click it and select  "Move  to Trash".  Close Finder window.
  Please don’t empty the Trash.
  Restart. Launch Safari
  If this doesn’t help, right click the Trash icon in the Dock and select “Open”.
  Right click the com.apple.Safari.plist and select “Put Back”.

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