Is there a location in Windows 10 I need to flag / un-flag to disable the popup?įlash Player shipped monthly, aligned with Microsoft Patch Tuesday. More importantly having confirmed there is no Flash Player installed or active to disable or uninstall on this laptop, how do I get rid of the popup without having to install anything? I do not trust this popup much less going to download/install anything from it. It only does so when starting from OFF and annoyingly only sometimes.ĭid Adobe issue an update in 2020 just before termination of the Flash Player? Visiting any web pages with any of the browsers does not result on the popup appearing. No browser has been set as the default browser. Traditionally Opera is used as the preferred browser. The web browsers installed on this laptop are Firefox, Chrome, Edge and Opera. The twist is that it did not appear after every cold boot either!!

In fact I have tried “Warm Booting” several times just now and it did not appear at all. I do not recall it appearing after any “Warm Boot”. The popup seems to appear on “Cold Booting” only. It states: “Flash Player is either not installed or enabled. Go here to read our Lifecycle FAQs for Adobe Flash Player.Correct, Flash Player is dead hence my suspicions and reluctance to 'Install' an update for a product that is not even installed on my laptop.

To learn more about the end of support for Adobe Flash Player in the legacy version of Microsoft Edge and IE 11, please go here.įor enterprises seeking assistance with moving away from Adobe Flash Player, or needing continued support for line of business applications that may be dependent on it after 2020, Adobe is providing some support options.

Flash will not be disabled by default from the legacy version of Microsoft Edge (built on EdgeHTML) or Internet Explorer 11 prior to its removal in December of 2020.

The schedule of changes is available here.

In January 2021, Flash will be fully removed from the new Microsoft Edge.

However, users may re-enable it on a site-by-site basis through December of 2020.

Flash is currently disabled by default in the new Microsoft Edge.

Here's what you can expect for each Microsoft browser: Microsoft will end support for Adobe Flash Player on December 31, 2020, along with Adobe and their other industry partners. The original announcement below was published September 11, 2020: The Adobe Flash Player component will be permanently removed in July 2021 via Windows Update.

UPDATE April 2021: Microsoft has ended support for Adobe Flash Player and disabled it from running in any Microsoft browser.

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