diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/DockerSettings.page b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/DockerSettings.page
index 3102585b3..d30e742fa 100644
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/DockerSettings.page
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/DockerSettings.page
@@ -192,9 +192,10 @@ _(Docker vDisk size)_:
 _(Docker vDisk location)_:
 : <input type="text" id="DOCKER_IMAGE_FILE1" name="DOCKER_IMAGE_FILE1" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false" value="<?=htmlspecialchars(_var($dockercfg,'DOCKER_IMAGE_FILE'))?>" placeholder="_(e.g.)_ /mnt/user/system/docker.img" data-pickcloseonfile="true" data-pickfilter="img" data-pickroot="/mnt" data-pickfolders="true" disabled required pattern="^[^\\]*(docker-xfs\.img|docker\.img)$">
   <span class="deleteLabel"><label><input type="checkbox" class="deleteCheckbox"> _(Delete vDisk file)_</label></span>
-  <?if ($var['fsState'] != "Started"):?><span><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i> _(Modify with caution: unable to validate path until Array is Started)_</span>
-  <?elseif (!is_dir(dirname(htmlspecialchars(_var($dockercfg,'DOCKER_IMAGE_FILE'))))):?><span class="nonexist"><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i> _(Path does not exist)_</span>
-  <?endif;?><span id="IMAGE_ERROR1" class="errortext"></span>
+<?if ($var['fsState'] != "Started"):?>
+  <span><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i> _(Modify with caution: unable to validate path until Array is Started)_</span>
+<?endif;?>
+  <span id="IMAGE_ERROR1" class="errortext"></span>
 
 :docker_vdisk_location_help:
 
@@ -203,9 +204,10 @@ _(Docker vDisk location)_:
 _(Docker directory)_:
 : <input type="text" id="DOCKER_IMAGE_FILE2" name="DOCKER_IMAGE_FILE2" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false" value="<?=htmlspecialchars(_var($dockercfg,'DOCKER_IMAGE_FILE'))?>" placeholder="_(e.g.)_ /mnt/user/system/docker" data-pickcloseonfile="true" data-pickfilter="HIDE_FILES_FILTER" data-pickroot="/mnt" data-pickfolders="true" disabled required pattern="^[^\\]*/$">
   <span class="deleteLabel"><label><input type="checkbox" class="deleteCheckbox"> _(Delete directory)_</label></span>
-  <?if ($var['fsState'] != "Started"):?><span><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i> _(Modify with caution: unable to validate path until Array is Started)_</span>
-  <?elseif (!is_dir(dirname(_var($dockercfg,'DOCKER_IMAGE_FILE')))):?><span class="nonexist"><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i> _(Path does not exist)_</span>
-  <?endif;?><span id="IMAGE_ERROR2" class="errortext"></span>
+<?if ($var['fsState'] != "Started"):?>
+  <span><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i> _(Modify with caution: unable to validate path until Array is Started)_</span>
+<?endif;?>
+  <span id="IMAGE_ERROR2" class="errortext"></span>
 
 :docker_vdisk_directory_help:
 
@@ -217,11 +219,9 @@ _(Docker storage driver)_:
   <?=mk_option(_var($dockercfg,'DOCKER_BACKINGFS'), 'overlay2', _('overlay2'))?>
   <?=mk_option(_var($dockercfg,'DOCKER_BACKINGFS'), 'native', _('native'))?>
   </select>
-  <?if ($var['fsState'] != "Started"):?>
+<?if ($var['fsState'] != "Started"):?>
   <span id="WARNING_BACKINGFS" style="display:none;"><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i>_(Only modify if this is a new installation since this can lead to unwanted behaviour!)_</span>
-  <?elseif (is_dir(_var($dockercfg,'DOCKER_IMAGE_FILE'))):?>
-  <span id="WARNING_BACKINGFS" style="display:none;"><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i>_(Switching the Storage Driver requires to delete and rebuild the Docker directory manually!)_</span>
-  <?endif;?>
+<?endif;?>
 
 :docker_storage_driver_help:
 
@@ -229,11 +229,9 @@ _(Docker storage driver)_:
 
 _(Default appdata storage location)_:
 : <input type="text" id="DOCKER_APP_CONFIG_PATH" name="DOCKER_APP_CONFIG_PATH" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false" value="<?=htmlspecialchars(_var($dockercfg,'DOCKER_APP_CONFIG_PATH'))?>" placeholder="_(e.g.)_ /mnt/user/appdata/" data-pickfilter="HIDE_FILES_FILTER" data-pickroot="/mnt" data-pickfolders="true" pattern="^[^\\]*/$">
-  <?if ($var['fsState'] != "Started"):?>
+<?if ($var['fsState'] != "Started"):?>
   <span><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i> _(Modify with caution: unable to validate path until Array is Started)_</span>
-  <?elseif (!is_dir(_var($dockercfg,'DOCKER_APP_CONFIG_PATH'))):?>
-  <span class="nonexist"><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i> _(Path does not exist)_</span>
-  <?endif;?>
+<?endif;?>
 
 :docker_appdata_location_help:
 
diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/VMSettings.page b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/VMSettings.page
index 12337f911..292580098 100644
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/VMSettings.page
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/VMSettings.page
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Icon="icon-virtualization"
 Tag="columns"
 ---
 <?PHP
-/* Copyright 2005-2023, Lime Technology
- * Copyright 2012-2023, Bergware International.
+/* Copyright 2005-2025, Lime Technology
+ * Copyright 2012-2025, Bergware International.
  * Copyright 2015-2021, Derek Macias, Eric Schultz, Jon Panozzo.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -154,25 +154,29 @@ _(Libvirt vdisk size)_:
 
 _(Libvirt storage location)_:
 : <input type="text" id="IMAGE_FILE" name="IMAGE_FILE" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false" value="<?=htmlspecialchars($domain_cfg['IMAGE_FILE']);?>" placeholder="e.g. /mnt/user/system/libvirt/libvirt.img" data-pickcloseonfile="true" data-pickfilter="img" data-pickroot="/mnt" data-pickfolders="true" required pattern="^[^\\]*libvirt\.img$">
- <?if (file_exists($domain_cfg['IMAGE_FILE'])):?><span id="deletePanel"><label><input type="checkbox" id="deleteCheckbox" /> _(Delete Image File)_</label></span><?endif;?>
- <?if (!$started):?><span><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i> _(Modify with caution: unable to validate path until Array is Started)_</span>
- <?elseif (!is_dir(dirname($domain_cfg['IMAGE_FILE']))):?><span><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i> _(Path does not exist)_</span>
- <?endif;?><span id="IMAGE_ERROR" class="errortext"></span>
+<?if (file_exists($domain_cfg['IMAGE_FILE'])):?>
+  <span id="deletePanel"><label><input type="checkbox" id="deleteCheckbox" /> _(Delete Image File)_</label></span><?endif;?>
+<?if (!$started):?>
+  <span><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i> _(Modify with caution: unable to validate path until Array is Started)_</span>
+<?endif;?>
+  <span id="IMAGE_ERROR" class="errortext"></span>
 
 :vms_libvirt_location_help:
 
 <?endif;?>
 _(Default VM storage path)_:
 : <input type="text" id="domaindir" name="DOMAINDIR" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false" data-pickfolders="true" data-pickfilter="HIDE_FILES_FILTER" data-pickroot="/mnt" value="<?=htmlspecialchars($domain_cfg['DOMAINDIR'])?>" placeholder="_(Click to Select)_" pattern="^[^\\]*/$">
-  <?if (!$started):?><span><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i> _(Modify with caution: unable to validate path until Array is Started)_</span>
-  <?elseif (!is_dir($domain_cfg['DOMAINDIR'])):?><span><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i> _(Path does not exist)_</span><?endif;?>
+<?if (!$started):?>
+  <span><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i> _(Modify with caution: unable to validate path until Array is Started)_</span>
+<?endif;?>
 
 :vms_libvirt_storage_help:
 
 _(Default ISO storage path)_:
 : <input type="text" id="mediadir" name="MEDIADIR" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false" data-pickfolders="true" data-pickfilter="HIDE_FILES_FILTER" data-pickroot="<?=is_dir('/mnt/user')?'/mnt/user':'/mnt'?>" value="<?=htmlspecialchars($domain_cfg['MEDIADIR'])?>" placeholder="_(Click to Select)_" pattern="^[^\\]*/$">
-  <?if (!$started):?><span><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i> _(Modify with caution: unable to validate path until Array is Started)_</span>
-  <?elseif (!is_dir($domain_cfg['MEDIADIR'])):?><span><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i> _(Path does not exist)_</span><?endif;?>
+<?if (!$started):?>
+  <span><i class="fa fa-warning icon warning"></i> _(Modify with caution: unable to validate path until Array is Started)_</span>
+<?endif;?>
 
 :vms_libvirt_iso_storage_help: