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I have also tested this, downloaded and run the update for Windows 10 version 2004, works also on 20H2.

Gero writes: I installed the update on a 20H2 machine and the Flash Player was successfully removed. To get Flash back, you have to use System Restore or reinstall Windows. But note, that the update can no longer be uninstalled. Microsoft states that no known issues with the update. Somehow this is not really transparent yet. However, the uninstaller does not remove the files in question. I was then offered a dialog box to uninstall the Flash Player. I then did a search in the WinSxS folders and ran FlashUtil_ActiveX.exe as administrator. Bleeping Computer wrote, that they was able to enable Flash in Microsoft Edge and other browsers. There are only remnants in WinSxS that partialle are no longer executable.
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Windows 10 version 1909 uses the same updates as version 1903, so if you are using Windows 10 version 1909, download the update for Windows 10 version 1903.įor Windows 10 20H2, the update for Windows 10 version 2004 should be used, since it applies to both the 2004 and 20H2 versions.Īfter installing the update, the Adobe Flash Player is uninstalled/deleted.
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Besides Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 Embedded this includes Windows Server 2012 / R2 as well as Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10. Currently, this update KB4577586 is available for download in the Microsoft Update Catalog.Īll Windows systems starting with Windows 8, which have integrated the Flash Player, will get this update (distributed via WSUS starting 2021). Flash-Killer Update KB4577586 is availableĪs of October 27, 2020, Microsoft has now released the update KB4577586 (Update for the removal of Adobe Flash Player: October 27, 2020), which now offers the possibility to remove the Adobe Flash Player from Windows without third-party software. See also my blog post Microsoft: Flash Player will be removable in autumn, support will end in 2021. Please note that this update will be permanent and cannot be uninstalled.

This update will be offered as optional under Windows Update and WSUS in early 2021 and will be recommended a few months later. In the fall of 2020, Microsoft will provide an update entitled "Update to remove Adobe Flash Player" through the Microsoft Update Catalog, Windows Update and WSUS that permanently removes Adobe Flash Player as a component from Windows.
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#UPDATE ADOBE FLASH PLAYER WINDOWS 10 HOW TO#
From January 2021, Adobe Flash Player will be disabled by default and all versions older than KB4561600 (released in June 2020) will be blocked. How to install Adobe Flash Player - Windows 10 Hello.After December 2020, Microsoft will no longer provide a "Security Update for Adobe Flash Player" for Microsoft Edge Legacy and Internet Explorer 11.And Microsoft had outlined the roadmap for phasing out Flash. I mentioned that within the blog post Fake News: Flash is dead? No it's fading out is planned 2020. The decision to discontinue support for Flash Player was made by Adobe due to the lower usage of the technology and the availability of better, more secure options such as HTML5, WebGL and WebAssembly. Background informationĪdobe had already announced in July 2017, together with technology partners like Microsoft, that Adobe Flash Player would no longer be supported after December 2020. Furthermore the topic came to my attention on Twitter and blog-reader EP mentioned it here (thanks). Our senior editor Jez Corden shared a tribute to Adobe Flash recently, in which he discusses how it changed his life.Blog reader Gero has already informed me about the update by mail (thanks for that). Flash also has several security issues that make other technologies more secure to use in comparison. If you installed Adobe Flash Player from a source other than Windows, this update will not remove it from your PC.Ī Microsoft blog outlining the end of Flash states that the update to remove flash will be optional in early 2021 and will be recommended a few months later.Īs the web moved onto HTML5 and other technologies, Flash fell out of favor. For more information about how to remove Adobe Flash Player, see the Uninstall Flash Player | Windows topic on the Adobe website. If you installed Adobe Flash Player manually from another source, it will not be removed. This update only removes Adobe Flash Player that was installed by your version of Windows. Also, if another security update for Adobe Flash Player is released, customers who take this removal update will still be offered the security update. 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. The support page states (emphasis added):
