When you connect to a site, your My Documents folder is the default local folder, and the default remote folder is the folder that you specified when you configured the site. You can specify that a different local folder and/or remote folder appear in the Local and Remote panes when you log in to a site.
You can also configure sites to switch to a local and/or remote filter that you specify in the Site Properties dialog box for each site.
To switch to a remote or local folder when a site connects
Display the Site Manager and view the Site Properties.
Click the Actions tab.
To switch to a specified remote folder when CuteFTP connects, in the When client connects, switch to this remote folder box, type the remote folder name, prepended with a forward slash. For example, type /mywebsite.
To switch to a specified local folder when CuteFTP connects, in the When client connects, switch to this local folder box, click the folder 
icon to browse to a select the local folder.
Click OK .