Changing defaults in Illustrator CS4

Hey folks... this was easier in CS1 and previous, but I was curious as to how to change defaults in Illustrator CS4? For example, I've customized my brush library and want to replace whatever the default brush file is with my customized brush file (for now, called, interestingly enough, brushes.ai) Where is the location of the (default brushes) file? Thanks!

You can place your custom created files to the location
\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS5\Presets\en_US\Brushes

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Hi yulia,
i maked some changes on your script:
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- moreover you can use fontStyle.. it doesn't exist , it's textFont.stye but only for read, you can't assign "bold" or other style...
to put a differents style, you need to attribute when you call the font name "MyriadPro-Bold".
(** to obtain exact name you need, i have attritube first manually, and check his name with myParagraph.characterAttributes.textFont.name, to be sure avoid error name OR use my second script below**)
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- what is it pointSize ? doesn't exist also.. simply use size if you want change the size of textFont
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now, below an updated of your script
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var doc=app.activeDocument;
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Also for 1$ more* i can propose you (for CS4) the same with drop down list below:
#target illustrator
var doc=app.activeDocument;
var myInstrLayer=doc.layers.add();
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dlg.btnCANCEL=dlg.add('button',undefined,'Cancel',{name:'cancel'});
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* this is a joke, i didn't ask for money !

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Thank you, I will remember to set all the defaults for
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Great tip - set things up the way you want them BEFORE you open/create your document.
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