Quote Originally Posted by Martijn View Post
OK thank you. It's a shame this can't be changed. well, perhaps in a newer version..
How is it a shame? That sounds like a needlessly confusing directory structure and a ton of extra code to make it work. Just rename /images to /files and update $wgUploadPath and $wgUploadDirectory in LocalSettings.php

You might need to run the rebuildImages.php afterwards as well