Safari Bookmarks, Dock prefs, desktop pic, Finder prefs. ALL SELF-RESET!!!!

For some reason, I was using Safari and it quit. When this happened, all of the bookmarks, the finder settings, dock settings, everything was reset back to the original settings. It's just really annoying that the bookmark menu cleared itself back to its original setting.
Now...
I've read everything i can find on this...
I don't have File Vault activated, never was...
My Home Folder is still named what it was...
I didn't throw out anything, download anything, move anything...
Anyone have any ideas?
Andrew

If you truly didn't rename your home folder or have File Vault enabled and fail or accidently removed your home /Library/Preferences folder, then you have just had a vivid lesson in a fact of computer life--Things Fail. It is time to start a comprehensive backup strategy. Do a search here in Discussions on "backup" and you will find lots of good advice. If you had a good backup you could just put back those bookmarks and prefs... As it is just be glad you didn't lose any data. Without a backup it is just a matter of time before you do lose data. Hard drives fail or become corrupt, systems crash and corrupt files, CPUs go south, RAM goes bad and causes crashes and data corruption. There are so many possible accidents and disasters, from lightning strikes to goofy roommates, that living a computer life without a good backup is like driving a car without a seatbelt--while it won't keep accidents from happening it may well save you if you have one.
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