Load all brushes in brush preset folder at startup

I'm wondering if this is possible or if there is a better solution for what I'm trying to do.
What I need to do is have a central repository of brushes or brush sets. I'll create a symlink inside the brushes folder to a space in the local drive. When photoshop is launched, we have scripts in place that will download the newest version of the repository folder to that local drive. (the users do not have permissions for the program files brushes folder) Is there a way to have photoshop load all the brushes automatically without a user having to select a set of brushes and save them?
I'm thinking also maybe there is a corresponding file that holds data for all the sets of brushes. Perhaps I could have a centralized version of this file that I could have downloaded.
We are using photoshop cs5 on a windows environment.
Thanks for any possible help!

And here is the script to go with c.pfaffenbichler's suggestion.
// first make a path to the folde where the brushes are stored
// the user data folder does not need admin rights to read/write
var USER_PRESETS_FOLDER =
    new Folder(Folder.userData + '/' +
               localize("$$$/private/AdobeSystemFolder/Adobe=Adobe") + '/' +
               localize("$$$/private/FolderNames/AdobePhotoshopProductVersionFolder") + '/' +
               localize("$$$/private/FolderName/UserPresetsFolder/Presets=Presets"));
var USER_BRUSHS_FOLDER =  new Folder( USER_PRESETS_FOLDER+"/Brushes" );
if(USER_BRUSHS_FOLDER.exists){
    var brushFiles = USER_BRUSHS_FOLDER.getFiles('*.abr');
    for(var b = 0; b < brushFiles.length; b++ ) {
        app.load( brushFiles[b] );
// app root does need admin rights to write files
var APP_BRUSHES_FOLDER = new Folder(app.path+'/Presets/Brushes');
var brushFiles = APP_BRUSHES_FOLDER.getFiles('*.abr');
for(var b = 0; b < brushFiles.length; b++ ) {
        app.load( brushFiles[b] );

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