Having the same problem for the last 20 minutes now…. I. net client right? Dèschanel-stormrage July 11, 2023, 11:45pm #3. net, the game started to update, as usual. Just delete the Battle. I managed to fix the issue by completely uninstalling World of Warcraft and the battlenet app. I found I had to go and manually End Task on the Battle. I've looked into old threads and multiple articles going back several years, tried everything from deleting the cache, disabling my firewall, creating a new profile on my pc, but nothing has fixed the issue except uninstalling and re-installing the game. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. Type msconfig. net folder and restart your Blizzard App. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Seems its on Blizz’s back end. If I pause and resume it gets stuck on waiting on another update, despite being the only battlenet-game on the computer. Ensure the problem occurs while the winMTR tool is running. Net, deleted everything related to WoW and WotLK Classic and Battle. Bobrexal • 24 days ago. Its been like this for a while. The progress bar below the Install/Update button is currently at Initializing (242/1006) with a creeping progression. 2. then relaunched into wow and it started updating properly. Users share their solutions and experiences for downloading WoW Retail on Windows 10 or 11. I thought it was battle. net Launcher. Shakazdi-wyrmrest-accord October 6, 2022, 1:03am 1. i tried everything I deleted the bnet and tried everything I could read and still stuck at Initializing, with a folder that has 1,232 Files, and 11 Folders on the install location that never update or have. Our team is already on the case working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Initializing is taking forever. Got better things to do. net ” (without quotes). Right click and select Run as Administrator on the launcher. The only reason why I uninstalled it in the first place was due to a bug where both WoW Classic and normal WoW wouldn’t install/patch, and would instead be caught in a loop of initializing the update, reclaiming disc space, then saying that they were waiting for other updates, and then going back in the loop, forever. World of Warcraft - Patch Stuck on Initializing - Update Problem(For non-Turkish players this is Turkish Guide, dont say me anything about guide language but. A bit late, but I was having the same issue when trying to launch WoW from the Home tab on battlenet. World of Warcraft Forums. Zuvykree: Stuck on initializing. Cook food. Im at a loss on what to do. How to resolve this issue when installing or. Disable all the background apps and close the other running apps other than WoW on your PC. For problems installing or patching World of Warcraft, connecting to the realms or crashing during game play. Ive tried everything from updating pc, uninstalling battle net, deleting temp folders. net folder in its entirety. Type msconfig. Then when it loops, end the app by going to the blizzard logo in the top left, right click, and click exit. After recording data for about 5 minutes, click “export text. Kymthegreat-staghelm November 8, 2023, 6:23pm 1. This process uses my internet @ 500kb/s and downloads about 200mb. How do I fix this?Support Technical Support. He says that Battle. OS: Windows 11 (22H2) compilation: 22621. 3. net and the download seems to continuously get stuck on 'Initializing', making no progress. Boards. Troubleshooting steps for when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing"It is stuck on initializing. Download stuck on the "Updating Battle. Look for any battle. net Launcher and attempt the installation again. We've tried restarting battle net, restarting computer, going into beta battle. Game update starts and then stops installing. net button at the top left of the Battle. net launcher but it wouldn’t reinstall. I did have to tell the launcher where my game folder was again, but it immediately updated and was playable again. Brêez-outland November 16, 2022, 6:32pm #18. Video driver crash in World of Warcraft with AMD video cards (7900 XTX) on DirectX 12. net, tried to reinstall and since then either stuck on “Updating battle. exe. I’ve tried everything recommended except reinstalling bnet launcher. 1 Like. 1 Like. I’m having the same issue. Just delete the Battle. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. I tried restarting the client, I tried rebooting my computer. Topic Replies Views Activity;. Once you are at character select, close the first unauthenticated WoW. net. Confirmed Wow classic WOTLK is working fine. You can close battle. Anyone else ever have an issue like this before? I think there are server issues right now. Wait until the lights. Already try login out, login back, restarting computer. Foxaris-draenor November 28, 2022, 9:52pm. It looks like the installer/updated is stuck in a loop, as every time, it moves from initializing, it gives a set of number that increment until is gets to the number is being reported before (2145571/2145571). switching to beta, giving battle. For whatever reason Overwatch is stuck updating itself, it just says “Initializing…”. . net, flushed DNS, restarted computer, restarted internet, changed internet connection, etc. Gummikylling-draenor November. Rambush-rattlegore July 15, 2023, 12:40am #1. Wonder if this is somehow related to the fact that OW2 queue times are very very long (40k users). Switch to the Game Install/Update tab by clicking on it and scroll down to the Network Bandwidth section. net launcher”. Community Tournaments. Many players have reported this issue on the official forum and shared their possible solutions. Updated: 4 weeks ago Article ID: 13934 Product:. ago • Edited 1 yr. Blizzard ForumsWorld of Warcraft Forums – 16 Nov 22 WoW download stuck on "initializing" Howdy! UPDATE! Thanks for the data I requested I have forwarded this to our team. net cache, ran as administrator, reinstalled battle. Can't install, the download is stuck on Initializing (0%) I can't update my game, it's been stuck at Initializing for 30 min. ive tried many diffrent things but none seem to solve it. Delete the Battle. For what it’s worth, stuck on initializing for about 40 minutes now, after rebooting the PC because I was stuck on “waiting for another update to finish” for half an hour. No big deal I think, I'll just log back in, and so I close the game and go to reopen it, and see there's an update. Vanasmut-tichondrius. 8 MB in the Initialization phase, and then stops and switches to Updating. Technical Support. I guess the interim fix for now is to just run the exe and log in manually. Click on the lock and unlock it,. net. Step 5. It began as a memory access crash while playing the game. Tried that, and completely uninstalled and reinstalled Bnet. Delete the Battle. Trepan-archimonde November 16. Oh sorry - it does waste my time, electricity and my mental health. Then try wow again. Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did nothing, several times. WoW will launch without your BNet login. Maybe it helps! Or maybe try instal warzone and see if that works. Occasionally, you may find your World of Warcraft update stuck on initializing because of internet connectivity issues. Leaf-azuremyst November 16, 2022,. LoadingAdditional comment actions. post your log again. Was working fine everyday im on just today it wont complete update. The game will not be updating; click Play. Game specific issues need to be reported on that game’s forums… in this case, that would be WoW. At least it worked for me. 1 Like. Support Technical Support. Uninstalled & went to reinstall, keep getting stuck in the scanning/initializing loop & once it was finally starting to properly install WoW battlenet launcher crashes, won’t load (says can’t run on the computer?! it always has before) so i uninstall the launcher & try to reinstall. any updates would sooth my mind. r/ModernWarfareIII is a developer-recognized community focused on the title. Seems its on Blizz’s back end. Been sat for ages waiting to update, thought I was going insane. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Recently, my Battle. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. -redownload a fresh battle. Fixes I’ve. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. 5 Likes. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. The download progress bar is stuck at 0 b/s. Kill the battle. Let it initialize for 5-10 minutes before you think you have a problem. Scan & repair files, uninstalled wow and downloaded. net app completely, didn’t help. Troubleshooting steps for when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing" Updated: 4 months ago Blizzard Forums They just had a post in EU about sending a log into wow, but they edited the link and I am unsure of the steps. Battle net launcher seams stuck on updating… just spinning at Initializing 0%. net launcher. Didn’t do anything. Baradûr-draenor. That did not work for me, still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. Help! Since the newest patch in WoW I’ve been unable to load the game. Try closing background applications to. Turn off your PC. Support My Tickets Contact Support Support. net . Check for Firewall/Antivirus Blocking. Battle net launcher seams stuck on updating… just spinning at Initializing 0%. Originally posted by [-iD-]: ok so to start with you will need to rename the rockstar folder in that one drive folder to "rockstar-backup". Still stuck on initializing. WoW update is stuck on initializing. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. Kill those processes (but don’t kill the launcher) and the update should proceed as normal. World of Warcraft ⚡ Guardians of the Dream - Common Issues CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. If your region is currently patching or undergoing maintenance you may not be able to update. November 14, 2023. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. Be it for downloading, launching, or updating these games on your PC. Renamed the copy to retail and relaunched battlenet as admin. The progress bars do not progress at all, stuck on “…Initializing”. Jaidyn. 7) Trying to update to 10. I have done a clean uninstall and reinstall several times now, clearing temp, localappdata, programdata, etc each time, and still cannot get past the same download initialization. Same problem on 2 computers. Account, App, & Shop; World of Warcraft; Warcraft Rumble; Diablo IV; Diablo Immortal; Overwatch 2;. For some reason, WOW stays stuck initializing. idx files, doing a clean install of the battlenet launcher, clearing the battlenet cache, restarting my computer, and launching battlenet as admin, relaunching countless times and just letting it sit for an hour now and it hasn’t budged whatsoeverWoW update is stuck on initializing. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Already try login out, login back, restarting computer. Just going in an endless loop of saying it’s updating but doesn’t actually do anything. So far I´ve tried: Exit the app and launch it again. Emeldavi-tichondrius. Open Task Manager. Clean up. Xee-draenor March 27, 2023, 9:52pm 1. Nazwyn-terenas (Nazwyn) November 16, 2022, 7:28pm 94. Phaidon-rexxar November 9, 2023, 7:50pm 11. Fresh Battle. Restart your computer to resolve problems caused by programs and services running in the background. net” or at 0% when trying to install… Tried all steps I found anywhere on the internet, nothing fixed it. I even did a clean install of everything and still nothing. all other games work fine, just not wow. I have tried everything I possibly can find on the internet. Certain permissions and features can only be accessed if you have granted admin rights to the World of Warcraft game. Then input -d3d11 in the box. 1. Not working here “Initializing” Tried all the tricks here. Camera turning gets stuck randomly. and here we go. So try and do a clean fresh reinstall and then let it do its thing. " message that never goes away? If so, you are not alone. Restart the Battle. World of Warcraft. At some point, instead of “Updating”, the blue button will say “Update” (this happens every 30 seconds or something like that). net -Deleting the -Blizzard Entertainment- folder in ProgramData Still it just endlessly gets stuck on. Eel-suramar. log file from Documents/3DMark to ul. Renamed the copy to retail and relaunched battlenet as admin. Users share their solutions and experiences for downloading WoW Retail on Windows 10 or 11. msc in the search box and. It doesn’t move. Technical Support. Installed Battle. Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialogue. Sometimes an ISP might have. Delete the Battle. I'm OCE, and completely unable to patch to most recent build. ” I have tried causing the downloader to “start this update now” but that has no effect. However, it refuses to update the game and remains stuck on initializing. Tried restarting deleting cache folder restarting comp. Windows applied an update last week and since then haven’t been able to log in or update WoW. My current speed test shows 300mbit+ and another game downloaded just a bit earlier at 40mb/s. Same here, stuck on initializing. Support My Tickets Contact Support Support. Common Problems. -Reboot PC -reinstall Battle. Net Launcher somehow lost the location of all of my games. Step 3: Click the Done button from the bottom right corner to save the settings. Restart the Battle. I’ve also restarted the client as well as my PC. For me these steps worked but. Uninstalled Battlenet thinking it would help if I reinstalled but now it’s stuck on installing the damn launcher itself nevermind updating Warcraft for me to play. Check the ”Hide all Microsoft services” box. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game on Battle. net in the allowed list in your firewall settings and see if the download moves past “Initializing”. Just navigate to where your WoW installation is (usually C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\) and delete those three folders. Select the World of WarCraft folder. net launcher, and started re-installing wotlk. And when I come back to my pc I can press play. [Main Thread] - High World MS during afternoon - Nova/Wind ISP/Telecom Italia Sparkle Nov 2023. Select Game Settings on the left of the window. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. I had this issue. If your World of Warcraft (WoW) update is stuck on "initializing," it can be caused by various factors. Are many others having this problem? Windows. MacOS Stuck at initializing: BLZBNTAGT0000138F. And as a lot of players have come back, it is a bit busy, but in general these things will get fixed quite quick. Same issue. Trying to download World of Warcraft on Battle. Getting stuck on initializing can also indicate corrupt files, or there’s a problem with the drive the game is installed on. Kymthegreat-staghelm November 8, 2023, 6:23pm 1. My original post was in the technical support forum ( Download Issue / Stuck in Initializing ) and it was suggested I come here for help with the issue. The Updating never gets anywhere, stuck on 0%, with it also saying "Initializing". Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing Troubleshooting steps for when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing" Updated: 4 months ago Article. The_Fluffy_Baron. If I pause and resume it gets stuck on waiting on another update, despite being the only battlenet-game on the computer. For all people curious on how to fix this, the answer MIGHT be to just give it time. Stuck at initializing?Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. i ended the update agent task in the task manager. In this scenario, you can fix the discussed issue by following the below-listed instructions. The game will not be updating; click Play. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. It’s the same result. Install stuck on "Initializing". I’ve also tried pausing the WoW updates to allow the desktop application to finish, but with no luck. net app icon and choose ‘Run as administrator’. Technical Support. So I have not played for years decided to download the battle. Many connection issues including slow bandwidth, BNS cache, unstable Internet can trigger the Blizzard app stuck on initializing. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. I’ve also tried pausing and resuming with no avail and double checked there’s enough space on SSDs. Have tried stopping all the battle. Finally, go back to the shortcut for the game or the launcher and right click to Run as Administrator. Rebooted the computer. Press Command + I. I’d like to report that I can’t download WoW. I’ve tried restarting Battle. net server that gives the current client version is getting DDOSed. Re-downloaded the launcher and tried downloading again. Sayman-nesingwary March 9, 2021, 10:09pm #1. Stuck on scanning and repair mode - General Discussion - World of. November 14, 2023. Jinji-whisperwind July 11, 2023, 8:31pm #1. Try logging out of the Battle. net Tools folder to automatically rebuild outdated or corrupt files. Close all Battle. It’s stuck on initializing. CAS System Unable. 2 Likes. Been stuck on initializing for over an hour. After a long day of problem solving at work, coming home to another problem isn’t. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Click on the Disable all and then OK to confirm changes. Was working fine everyday im on just today it wont complete update. I was able to do an update for classic WoW, but not retail. 4MB/s. Why is the. Following someone elses advice, I tried uninstalling the battle. start installing the game but close the battlenet launcher again as soon as it starts actually downloading. net as admin. it’s not even downloading it just initializing over and over and you have to wait like 15 mins to even play the game. secondary logon. Zuul-balnazzar. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Press Windows key + R to open the Run dialogue. I can’t get past the “initializing” stage to start the. I am also stuck with this problem. Turned off my anti-virus and firewall, cleared battle. This might fix the issue. Blizzard seems to have a network issue. NET and GPU. Fixes I’ve tried: Deleting bnet folder in C:ProgramData Closing processes in task manager Switching battlenet launcher to the Beta version Uninstalling and reinstalling battlenet Updated Windows 10, . The problem is not on my side. Elbodeep-area-52. Thank you! You solved my issue. Kranox-mazrigos. thought it was just me… gave up and uninstalled - now I can’t reinstall. Maybe it helps! Or maybe try instal warzone and see if that works. I pre purchased the Dragonflight expansion, resubbed for 3 months and wanted to install wow, but it is stuck at “Initialising”. net Tools folder to automatically rebuild. Was there ever an actual fix for this? I have tried literally all of the tier one stuff Blizz would suggest as well as the. 2 Common Issues Subject. net and wait a minute and it should start initializing. It’s always initializing and reclaiming disc sp…“@Maverick_LIVE_ Go ahead and open a ticket then. Then went into the retail folder and deleted everything while it was still in this state. well I did try lots of stuff like reinstalling app. Chandrah-magtheridon November 16, 2022, 9:28pmWorld of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. Sometimes fetching download manifest. and here we go i roughly was able to reinstall the App after saying ‘Update agent went to sleep’ now i cannot update the game , stuck on initializing or about 30mins only few hours before wotlk release , such a stress…Put the birds to bed. :C I tried the usual fixes, nothing worked, and when I tried renaming the World of Warcraft folder to do a clean install it got stuck at “intializing” 🙃Best. I had WotLK and retail installed but it still could not locate either one even after manually pointing it at the file location. net launcher but it wouldn’t reinstall. net cache files following the steps Here. ran as. I’m having the same issue. Some suggest closing Steam, running as admin, or updating Windows as possible. ago. It retries continuously but it does not get past that 2127019/2027019… I restarted bnet client, restarted my computer, uninstalled the wow files, started the repair client, but nothing seems to help. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. Otherwise I've pulled my hair out about. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. The connection issue is one of the most common reasons that cause Battle. this hasnt worked either. Goto the Cog icon above your Email and switch to a. net App and wait for any updates to. Starting as admin is the important part. -tried uninstalling from the battle. Wait until the lights. None of my friends have this issue. You’ll have to: Reset your user interface, this will ensure. Then click Options > Game Settings. thanks so much! My frustrations are lifted. I uninstalled the game and am now stuck on initializing when trying to reinstall. catflapps. EDIT: Looks like when you exit the game it goes back to Initializing…. Victa-ashbringer March 27, 2021, 3:03am 1. net window. Cant download wow? Support Technical Support. Start battle. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. net app, but now Im on 0% for installing battle. net in Program Files (x86) and Program Data. I had the same issue a few days ago and I fixed it by launching the game through wow. Phantasticus-azuremyst November 16, 2022, 7:54pm #139. Technical Support. Jalkoth-blades-edge November 9, 2022, 6:34am #1. In the launcher settings, set max concurrent connections to 5, and set the max download speed to something a little below what your connection is capable of. Quick update: I managed to get hands on another PC where I did a fresh install of b. In most cases, we find that “Initializing…” getting stuck is typically caused by a conflicting third-party program, damaged/corrupted local Battle. Same issue here. Technical Support. The_Sinful. net app completely, didn’t help. net and the blue play button says “Updating” below it says " Applying updates" and its at 0% been like that for a long time, Things I have tried. ago. Deleting the Battle. I conducted a scan/repair thinking that might help but fell into the infinite loop instead. Now, navigate to the Services tab. net App. net Desktop App; Update or. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. And as a lot of players have come back, it is a bit busy, but in general these things will get fixed quite quick. Right-click the Battle. Run the Blizzard Battle. net or World of Warcraft processes in the Task Manager.