How do I stop firefox downloading files as a blank webpage?

By mistake I recently changed a Firefox download setting that now makes all files I try to download as blank web pages. When the window comes up and asks me for what I want Firefox to do with the file it says Firefox (default) and when I open the file it opens a blank webpage. So far I've tried numerous things including resetting to the factory state and completely uninstalling and reinstalling the browser. Some help with this would be much appreciated.

You can check for problems with preferences.
Delete possible user.js and numbered prefs-##.js files and rename (or delete) the prefs.js file to reset all prefs to the default value including prefs set via user.js and prefs that are no longer supported in the current Firefox release.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Resetting_preferences
Note that you should be cautious with opening files in Firefox via the open with dialog because Firefox shouldn't ask if it could handle this file internally.
With file (content) type does in mention in the dialog?
Can you attach a screenshot?
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-create-screenshot-my-problem
*Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot
*Make sure that you do not exceed the maximum size of 1 MB
Please update the Flash plugin.
The currently installed version (Shockwave Flash 10.3 r181) is outdated and has known security vulnerabilities.
*https://www.mozilla.org/plugincheck/
You can find the latest Flash player versions for Firefox on this page:
*http://www.adobe.com/special/products/flashplayer/fp_distribution3.html

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