After Effects "fixed" export path

Is it possible to set a "fixed" export path and file type for a composition?
I know I can link After Effects in Premiere, but I don't like this, since all rendering gets lost at once if one tiny thing is changed in AE.
Therefore I export JPEG-Sequeces from After Effects, which i import into premiere.
Now If I change something in AE I would like to press a single button to replace the JPEG sequence, withoot reassinging an export path and filename every time. Can also have advantages if i only change something between frame 1 and 50 in a 1000 frames long animation. So I could udate it with the press of a single button.
In blender for example I can define fixed output folders and files. Every time I press render, the files are overwritten or the missing images are filled up. Any way to do this in AE (filling up the files is not needed).
Thank you!

Render Queue --> Right-click --> Duplicate with Filename.
Basics!
Mylenium

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Sample 2 - Uncompressed Tiff from After Effects CS4
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