HOW CAN I DISABLE DOWNLOAD FEATURE IN FIREFOX ?

I have free download manager installed into my system which I have been using perfectly with Internet Explorer. After the installation of Firefox, my free download manager could not work again. Instead, Firefox will take over the download. please tell me how to disable the download feature in Firefox to continue download with the Free Download Manager.
Thank you.

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