Devices already running a version of Windows 10 and then updating to 21H1 would lose Flash Player when the new release is installed. The company also reveals that Windows 10 version 21H1, which is projected to get the go-ahead at some point this month, would launch without Flash Player. Update already available for manual downloads It will also be included in every subsequent Latest Cumulative Update,” Microsoft explains. “Starting in June 2021, the KB4577586 “Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player” will be included in the Preview Update for Windows 10, version 1809 and above platforms.

The update will see the daylight as KB4577586, and according to Microsoft, it’ll be offered to all devices running Windows 7, Windows 10, and Windows Server 2012.

To do the whole thing, Microsoft has announced a dedicated Windows update that would first land as a preview in June and then be shipped to all production devices a month later. Microsoft has announced a new Windows update whose purpose is to completely remove Flash Player from Windows, therefore abandoning Adobe’s software once and for all.Īdobe has already dropped support for Flash Player back in January, and all browsers have ditched this component as well, with Microsoft now getting ready to give up on this software as well.

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