Safari canceled shutdown

Hi everyone.
I have this 'Safari canceled shutdown' issue with Safari, every time I open any page.
I Force Quit to close it and shutdown, but i'm looking for a definitive fix of the issue.
Anyone have some suggestion?
Safari 7.1

    Safari > Preferences > Extensions
    Turn those off and relaunch Safari again.
    Turn those on one by one and test.

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