Safari dock icon menu commands

hi there
i've searched through the forums and tried the recommended actions (re-install OS X, delete and re-install safari and remove the plist) but i'm still getting the following problem on my wife's macbook... the new window and the window select commands in the "right-click" menu on the safari icon in the dock simply don't work.
it's definitely a problem associated with my wife's user account and i don't have the problem on my macbook or on different user accounts on my wife's computer. but his is annoying the crap out of me!
any suggestions?
regards... jonny.

hi there
i'll give it a try, but my concern is that the problem has something to do with saving of the account settings, so when i import them it will be back to the same problem.
safari runs really slow on my wife's macbook... i guess it is a related problem.
i'll give it a try though.
cheers... jonny.

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