Microsoft removes Flash from your PC with this update

It was at the end of October when we saw how Microsoft was giving the finishing touch to Flash. Through the update with the KB4577586 patch, Flash was being removed, but only the version included in Windows 10, not affecting particular installations made by users, nor those that include browsers such as Edge. An update that until then was optional

Now, well into 2021, Microsoft has begun distributing said update for Windows 10 in versions 20H2 and 2004 and in both, one factor stands out: this update removes Adobe Flash Player from computers that are made with them.An update that also goes from being optional to automatic

Removed but not from all apps

And it is that although Adobe Flash already had an expiration date set, a movement that Apple once started with macOS Sierra, now what it does is put a nail more in the coffin of Adobe development that every time smells more like corpse. And this time, the culprit is patch KB4577586.

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If you are using Windows 10 in any of the aforementioned versions and you enter the Check for updates section, you may find the availability of the KB4577586 patch. An update that is being deployed progressively, so it may still take time to reach your team. If available, you should see a message like this within Windows Update:"

The update with the KB4577586 patch is downloaded and installed in a very short time and to be able to apply it, it is necessary to restart the computer. An update that also stands out because it is impossible to reverse and cannot be uninstalled, , at least in an easy way, so that Flash disappears forever.

You have to remember that Adobe Flash Player has no technical support since December 31, 2020 and the developer company itself, Adobe, It has long recognized the end of Adobe by disappearing from browsers like Chrome, Safari, Firefox or Edge. This step by Microsoft is one more step towards the end of Flash after the critical moments it has already experienced:

• Apple: Began blocking Flash content in its browser, Safari, in 2016.
• Google: Took an important step by removing Flash entirely from Chrome at the end of 2020."
• Mozilla: Completely disabled Flash in Firefox in 2019, with minimal support until the end of 2020 in the Extended Support Release browser.
• Microsoft: although in principle you had to click to see Flash content, at the end of 2020, it has been completely disabled by Microsoft both in Edge as in Internet Explorer.
• Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg's company urged its developers to modify their code and take this situation into account, so that At the end of 2020 the end came along with platform myths such as Farmville.

Of course, as we already warned, users will be able to continue installing Flash on their own and it will continue to be present in third-party applications and tools that contain it.This update only removes Flash Player installed by Microsoft, but does not affect other software installations that have been manually installed.

In case you have to use Flash again, Microsoft itself details the steps to follow that are summarized in two possibilities :

• Restore the device to a previous system restore point. This feature must be explicitly enabled and you must have created a system restore point on the Windows device before applying this update.
• Reinstall the Windows operating system, but without applying this update.

Via | Windows Latest