Error on uploadimages directory

[objecttothis]

Currently, if the uploadimages directory exists, the automatic updater throws an error on step 1

Error: The following files are either not expected and should be removed, or are missing but required and should be put back in place
uploadimages

The problem is that if you remove that folder, after the update, PHPList tells you that you can't upload images because that directory doesn't exist, so you have to add it back in. This error has been in place since 3.3.7 but is the same on 3.5.1.

[xh3n1]

@objecttothis I think you should change the location of uploadimages directory outside lists directory eg: /public_html/images.

[objecttothis]

@xh3n1 I can do this as a workaround, but this is a phplist problem and needs to be addressed.
Under Config->Settings->ckeditor settings the "Editing File system path to the upload image directory. Usually leave this empty." is empty, which means that phplist is looking for uploadimages in its default location. There is nothing there or anywhere else that tells you to put the folder outside the lists directory. This means that either the application needs to be changed or the updater needs to be changed to make them consistent with one another.