OSX, Firefox, and Multiple User Problems

Hi
I posted this question over at Mozilla but no one could offer any tips, hope someone has an idea here.
I'm using OS X on a machine with mulitple users set up. When I created the users however, I duplicated everything from User1 to make the rest of the users.
Now when User2 is using Firefox and tries to download from a site such as Google Video, they get the following error... "file could not be saved because you cannot change the contents of that folder (User1's)"
I've tried changing the download location in User2's preferences, no luck. I've tried deleting User2's cookies, no luck.
What can I do to solve this? Can I slightly alter the Firefox preferences in User2's preferences folder to change this? I don't want to completely trash the preferences... wouldn't that destroy bookmarks and everything?
Thanks for any help!

I am not certain if this will help or not but try logging in as the main user and using Firefox's preferences change the location of the downloads folder to the shared folder on the root level of the hard drive. Then try changing the preferences for user 2 while logged in as user 2 to use the same folder in the same location. That should allow user 2 to access the folder. Do the same for any other users. This action should make all downloads available to all users so it will not be secure.

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