Hi Ann, Sorry for the delayed responses here.  Q1: You can't launch PS with an empty Brushes panel. If you delete all the default brushes, quit and relaunch, yes, the defaults will automatically reload. You will find that whatever you leave populated in the Brushes panel will be the same when you relaunch. So if you delete the defaults and the load a set of your own, quit and relaunch, just your set will be there and defaults won't load. Q2: What you have selected when you click Save Set... will be saved into the set you name.  So in the example above, you have selected the ANIMALS which contains 3 sub folders, so when you create a new set and name it ANIMALS, you are creating a new set of the selected folder (ANIMALS with 3 sub folders) into a new set that you also named ANIMALS when prompted.  Does that make sense?  If you select individual brushes and save them as a set, those will load as a folder/set based on what you name it when you save the set.  When you think "set", think "folder". I hope that helps.  Let me know if I misunderstood or if I wasn't clear. Thank you! Chad ... View more

Please verify you are running Win10 OS version 1709.  You can also check Photoshop Preferences > Technology Previews... to make sure that Enable Surface Dial Support is checked.  With Photoshop launched and an image open, long press the dial to bring up the native dial UI and you should see a Brush icon. ... View more