Windows 10: KB4577586 Adobe Flash Player Removal

Hello,While visiting daily the "MS update catalog", I found there kb4577586 update, which I understand this will remove Adobe flash player from the system.Doing some more reading it removes the player from Edge and IE 11.Now my default browser is Google Chrome, looked into its 'addons', the player is not there, only Adobe PDF reader.Will this update affect the Google Chrome browser or ignore this update.Answers will be appreciated.Thanks

Windows 10 pro, 1903 x64, winver 18362.1139

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Is Adobe Flash Player needed in Windows 10 ?

Hi Wayne,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

We appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

Please answer the query, mentioned below:

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  When did you get the Adobe Flash Player message?
  

Adobe Flash Player helps you to play videos online.

If you are unable to play video online, download the Adobe flash player from Adobe website link.

If you are getting this Adobe Flash Player message, while using IE, I suggest you to follow the steps in the article, mentioned below.

Flash Player Help

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I can't find Adobe Flash Player

Hi Manal,

I realize that you are unable to find Adobe Flash player in Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge. I will try to help you with this issue.

To check if Adobe software package is installed on the PC, follow these steps:

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  Press Windows key + X and click on Programs and Features.
  
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  You will get the list of all installed programs on the PC.
  

Suggest you to refer to these articles to check if that helps.

Flash Player / Enable for Internet Explorer: Enable Flash Player for Internet Explorer

Flash Player is integrated with Microsoft Edge in Windows 10. You do not need to install Flash Player.

Enable Flash Player in Edge: Adobe Flash Player issues with Windows 10 (Microsoft Edge)

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Adobe flash player plugin has crashed

Can you please confirm that you followed the original suggestion to cleanly remove and then reinstall Flash Player, as suggested in Reply #5?

If you have done that and have disabled hardware acceleration, then the next steps might be to try some of the suggestions here:

Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems

Flash Plugin - Keep it up to date and troubleshoot problems

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MM