As an added note, each one of these folders that I found contained a different version of Flash with the four key files needed to run that particular version. Fix 1: Restart your Computer or Laptop Fix 2: Uninstall and Reinstall. After running the update mentioned in this thread for the removal of Flash, I would think that it would then be considered superseded by WU, and then be removed by the WU Cleanup part of Disk Cleanup.īy the way, I’m on Win 10 Pro 圆4 version 2004, and I found 4 separate flash folders in the amd64 folders section (folder names start with “amd64”) of the WinSxS folder alone, so there may very well be several folders within the WinSxS folder that contain the four files that will bring Flash “back to life” if they’re run somehow. Use Driver Easy to update all the missing & outdated device drivers on PC for free.

For those concerned about Flash being left behind in the Windows side by side folder, and not comfortable running a command line utility (as the one mentioned a few posts above this one) or a PowerShell command, why not run the Windows Update Cleanup feature of the Disk Cleanup utility?Īfter all, I thought the purpose of WU Cleanup was to thin out the WinSxS folder by getting rid of superseded and/or uninstalled stuff that ordinarily would stay in the folder creating a massive folder, like it did in Win 7 before WU Cleanup was introduced. Hello, Im working on a security audit and am attempting to remove this file.

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