Microsoft removes support for Flash in the latest manual update you can download for Windows 10

Microsoft continues with its catalog of releases u in the middle of the week we have seen a new release arrive. This is the Build , which comes with the associated KB4577586 patch. And among the novelties that it offers, a very special one is the elimination for Flash support in Windows 10

It's been years since Apple gave the first lace to the development of Adobe. Later we saw how it removed compatibility in its MacOS Sierra operating system (it recently disappeared from Safari). Little by little Flash has been cornered and now, the disappearance of Windows 10 is yet another blow, perhaps the final one.

A familiar goodbye

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An information revealed in Bleeping Computer detailing how this update, called the Adobe Flash Player Removal Update, is intended to eliminate support for Flash on Windows computers 10."

This information must be emphasized because the update (KB4577586) eliminates Flash but only the version included in Windows 10, not affecting to the particular installations made by the users as well as those that include browsers such as Edge.

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At the end of the year Flash support for Windows 10 will disappear and in January 2021 we will see the latest version of Edge based in Chromium compatible with Flash. In Microsoft&39;s words: We released this removal update before the end of support to help customers test and validate their environments for any impacts that might occur with the removal of Adobe Flash Player>."

This optional update and to install it you must access the Microsoft update catalog, so you should not be aware of Windows Update. Of course, once installed it cannot be reversed and if you want to have Flash again you will have no choice but to install Windows 10 again

This is the first step, because the future of Flash is to become an optional update. cumulative updates will be coming later for different versions of Windows, such as Windows 10 and Windows 8.1.

Via | Bleeping Computer