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Microsoft to Release Windows Update Supposed to Uninstall Flash Player
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https://news.softpedia.com/news/microsof...1874.shtml      Microsoft to Release Windows Update Supposed to Uninstall Flash Player
WSUS update will be released in early 2021, company says
Jan 5, 2021 16:15 GMT  ·  By Bogdan Popa        Adobe Flash Player is now dead, and Microsoft has already published a standalone package for a Windows update that allows users to remove the software from their devices.

Beginning in early 2021, the company will also publish the same update on the Windows Server Update Service, or WSUS, though, for the time being, no other specifics are available.

The update was published on the Microsoft Update Catalog in late 2020 in an attempt to give users enough time to prepare for the demise of Adobe Flash Player. However, worth knowing is the update does not remove Flash on computers where it was manually installed, so its purpose is to uninstall this piece of software if it was bundled with Windows.

Available on all Windows versions
“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,” Microsoft explains.

“This update only removes Adobe Flash Player that was installed by your version of Windows. If you installed Adobe Flash Player manually from another source, it will not be removed.”

In addition, once you install this update, you can’t uninstall it, Microsoft warns.

The Flash Player removal package is available for all supported Windows versions, starting with Windows 8.1 and ending with the latest Windows 10 release. Needless to say, Windows 7 users won’t get it, as this particular OS version has already been discontinued in January last year.

Adobe recommends customers to uninstall Flash Player as soon as possible to avoid any potential security risks after the December 31 retirement date.
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