Setting a Default PDF Preset

I have made a custom PDF Preset for my students to use. It is loaded in all the programs fine, but I can't figure out how to make it the Default when saving/exporting from the various programs (inDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, AutoCAD, etc). I don't want to delete the other options available but I would like the one I have made to be the Default.
As a side note, does anyone know if there's a way to add metadata to a preset so I can see in Acrobat Pro which preset was used? Right now I just have to assume that they've used the correct one.

This is the answer I got via someone who knows way more about PDF's than me:
There is no way to make a specific Adobe PDF Preset a default selection across all applications. Silly, I know, but they are only shared and you have to make sure you select the proper setting when creating a PDF.
As for the metadata that contains the preset, the only way to include the PDF preset that was used to create the PDF file is to create PostScript and go thru Distiller (making sure that “Save Adobe PDF Settings Inside PDF File” is checked under the “Advanced” tab when you edit the PDF setting in Distiller. When exporting directly from CS applications, I’m not aware of any way to embed the preset.

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