Photoshop deleting all of my brush presets?

Hello,
I am a graphic designer, and even though my brushes are saved in the app data preset brushes folder, photoshop regularly (about once a month) likes to delete them from the program, forcing me to reload my brushes one by one into the program again.
Is there any way to stop this?

If you have any custom brushes, it's best to create a Presets folder in your Documents folder. Subdivide that into Brushes, Patterns and so forth.
Then point to that folder when you want them.
That way you are not mixing custom with default sets and when you get a new version of Photoshop, you will not have to install or transfer brushes.
When you get a unique set of brushes, use the Preset Manager to save that set into your custom folder from the Preset menu.
I hope those are do-able for you. If there's a problem, get back to me.
If you have Photoshop CC 2014, You have the added luxury of storing your presets in the Creative Cloud, and downloading them when you have a reset, or if you want your second copy to get those same settings.
Gene

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