Mountain lion opening pdf in firefox

i just uploaded mountain lion and now i cannot open any pdfs or download anything through firefox.
i get this message:
"Users/jss/Downloads could not be saved, because an unknown error occurred.
Try saving to a different location."
I have gone into firefox to be sure that when downloads come in the right apps are set to open them...to no avail. help?!

try this....
system preferences - security and privacy - allow applications downloaded from: move the dot to anywhere....

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