My Quick Fix

Problem

A coleague wanted to change the default ‘browse’ path that the JCE ‘Image Manager’ and ‘File Browser’ plugins use. By default when you use the plugins, the contents of the ‘Stories’ directory will be displayed. It seems that even if you go into the plugin settings ( under ‘Components > JCE Administration > Plugins > [plugin name]‘ ), and set the ‘File Directory Path’ setting, it still doesn’t change the default path!

Solution

Navigate to Components > JCE Administration > Groups as shown below:

Choose Groups from the main menu...

Then select the group you want to edit. If you haven’t set up any groups, just click on the ‘Default’ group to edit it’s properties. Once the settings are on display, from the right-hand side, under the ‘Editor Parameters’ heading, expand the ‘Plugin Options’ item, and enter your desired path in ‘File Directory Path’:

Note: this must not be set to the Joomla root

Note: The path you enter must be at least one level above the Joomla! root. i.e [root]/myimages/.