Firefox Always Wants to Open Files, Not Save

I recently had to re-install my whole OS (Windows XP Professional) and re-download Firefox (3.6.12). Before this, Firefox not only remembered what folder I wanted something saved to, it also remembered my preference was to save and not open.
Whenever I would download something that couldn't be done by right-clicking (like a zipped video file), the "Save" option was always the choice that was checked. Now, the "Open" option is always checked and no matter how many times I choose save, Firefox just won't remember. I have looked all over "Tools/Options" and can find nothing that seems to relate to this problem.
Is there some setting I can change to get Firefox to always choose "Save" as the default? I do a lot of saving that cannot be done via right-clicking and it's incredibly annoying and time-consuming to have to repeatedly change the setting manually.
Thanks all.

First of all, update Firefox to 3.6.17 a.s.a.p. via Help | Check For Updates.
There was a security breach at Comodo which is an SSL certificate provider recently whereby a number of fraudulent certificates were inadvertently issued. These allow a hacker to impersonate any site including online banking and the Firefox version you're running at the moment will not warn you that the site is a fake. The fraudulent certificates were blacklisted in v3.6.17 and beyond.
The setting you're looking for is listed in Tools | Options | General, in the centre menu. You can specify there where you want to save the files to.
See also [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Options%20window%20-%20General%20panel?as=u General Menu]
Please also visit the [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/ Plugins Check] page and update where necessary.

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