Microsoft has released the KB4577586 update to remove Adobe Flash from Windows and prevents it from being installed again.
In September 2020, Microsoft announced that an optional update would be released in the fall to uninstall Adobe Flash Player and prevent it from being installed again on the same device.
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Today, Microsoft has released the 'Update for the removal of Adobe Flash Player: October 27, 2020' KB4577586 update to remove Adobe Flash from all versions of Windows 10 and Windows Server.
This optional update is only available via the Microsoft Catalog, and once installed, cannot be removed afterward.
Those who wish to install Adobe Flash Player on a device with this update have to reset the device to an earlier restore point or install a fresh copy of Windows 10.
What Flash components are removed by this update?
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Once installed, Microsoft states that Adobe Flash Player will be automatically removed by the update, but is not clear as to what exactly is removed.
In our tests, the Flash Player (32-bit) version bundled in Windows 10 and managed via the Control Panel is removed by this update.
The Adobe Flash Player component built into Microsoft Edge and other browsers, though, was still installed after installing the update. We were able to test this by enabling Flash in Edge and checking at https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html before and after installing the update. Adobe pro pc.
Finally, any standalone versions of Adobe Flash Player that you have installed will not be removed by this update.
Microsoft states they will make this update available via WSUS and Windows Update to perform wide-scale removal of Flash Player in early 2021 after Flash reaches the end of life.
Thx to Ross and John_C for their assistance.
Finally, any standalone versions of Adobe Flash Player that you have installed will not be removed by this update.
Microsoft states they will make this update available via WSUS and Windows Update to perform wide-scale removal of Flash Player in early 2021 after Flash reaches the end of life.
Thx to Ross and John_C for their assistance.
Update 10/27/20: Added information about Adobe Flash Player module in Edge not being removed. Further clarified what is removed by this update.
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Last month, Microsoft released a timeline for the end of Adobe Flash. It said that the Flash removal tool would be an optional update in Windows Update by early 2021. Now, within a few weeks, Microsoft has released a new update that removes the Adobe Flash version bundled into Windows 10. However, it does not remove any standalone versions you've installed yourself. Plus, it doesn't remove Flash from your browsers, either.
The optional Catalog update paves the way for the eventual end of Flash in 2021. With the new Windows 10 update, Flash support will officially end this year. There will eb no more updates for Internet Explorer 11 and the legacy (non-Chromium) version of Edge by December. Further, the latest version of Edge that uses Google's Chrome engine, will have its Flash support end in January 2021.
While Google has said that it would end Flash support for Chrome, Adobe itself has announced that it will end Flash development in 2020. Microsoft says, 'We are releasing this removal update in advance of end of support to help customers test and validate their environments for any impact that might occur by the removal of Adobe Flash Player. Also, if another security update for Adobe Flash Player is released, customers who take this removal update will still be offered the security update.'
The update is optional as of now, but it will become a recommended update and in the middle of 2021. The company will also be removing Flash-related developer frameworks, group policies, and user interfaces from legacy Edge and IE11. Once installed, this update cannot be uninstalled.
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