Windows 10 manages security updates for Adobe Flash player?

win10freak · 12 Apr 2016

Hi,

Does Windows 10 now manages all the security updates for Adobe Flash player?
I noticed that on the updates history list it shows Adobe Flash player updates.

Is this true?

Thanks

derekimo · 13 Apr 2016

Yeah, it takes care of the flash through windows update, it did that in win 8 too.

Just for Edge and IE, if you have other browsers those are updated separately.

win10freak · 13 Apr 2016

Yeah, sorry, I forgot to mention that I am running IE.
No other browsers. Only IE.

So in that case as you mentioned already, Win10 manages the security updates for Adobe Flash for IE as well?

derekimo · 13 Apr 2016

Yeah, IE gets it's Adobe Flash updates through Windows Update.

DavidG · 13 Apr 2016

win10freak said:

Yeah, sorry, I forgot to mention that I am running IE.
No other browsers. Only IE.

Hi win10freak,

I did not know it was possible to remove Microsoft Edge Browser from Windows 10?
I have been told that "Edge is a core component of Windows 10, and removing it can cause stability issues".
I definitely believe in having more than one browser.

I owned an old Windows XP computer that only had one Browser (Internet Explorer) and one day I.E. stopped working. There is nothing more worthless than a computer without a working Browser. A second Browser could have helped me fix my I.E. problem. I never forgot this. My XP did not have a Disk Drive but I could have used a Flash Drive to install another browser. I did not know that at the time.

Because the XP computer was old I purchased a new Windows 8 computer (upgraded to Windows 10 Home now). I overcompensate for my XP Browser problem. I currently have SIX BROWSERS installed, if one of them fails I WILL HAVE ANOTHER BROWSER THAT WORKS. I do not use them all and only one Browser can be set as DEFAULT.

I have updated Adobe Flash in all of them except I.E. and EDGE, a Windows Update came through on 4/12/2016 that updated Adobe Flash in I.E. and EDGE.