exe in my folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. Fixes I’ve. Update the Battle. Turn on your. just gets stuck. Game update starts and then stops installing. Select the Compatibility tab. Just unistall the game, then stop. Can't install the game, the download is stuck. Community Tournaments. World of Warcraft, often abbreviated as WoW (or, when referring to the original game, vanilla, classic, or pre-BC), is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released on November 23, 2004, on the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise, three years after its announcement on September. I did not have a WoW window up, but for some reason the process was still recognised as running, this prevented the update from starting. Under Background processes, find " Battle. 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, . Wait until the lights turn back on. Help please. Open Battle. My guess is overloaded Blizzard servers. Same here, stuck on initializing. Hello, It started couple hours ago. 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. Game update starts and then stops installing. net Agent". Install stuck on "Initializing". Leaf-azuremyst November 16, 2022,. Support Technical Support. Supersalv • 10 mo. I have fast internet and the space on the computer. Now, when the scan completes, it immediately begins a new scan. It seems the only fix, for me atleast, is to leave the update on initializing for 35-45 minutes, it will eventually budge. cleared caches. Also. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15,. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. And I mean everything, I literally formatted my drive and started over. " SupportTechnical Support. 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, . Here are the steps to force stop blizzard application:Common Problems. Updated Windows 10, . Program Data was a hidden file, so you'll have to go to view and check 'Hidden Items' to view this folder. Check BlizzardCS on Twitter for breaking news and information on our services. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same … World of Warcraft Forums. C:Program Files (x86)World Of Warcraft_retail_. net folder in its entirety. Ezrald-altar-of-storms June 1, 2023, 5:41am #1. Tried everything I can think now doing system restore as one last attempt to fix. If you don’t see all 3 folders in each. I tried running Battle. Played wow no problems. Oramir-alonsus November 16, 2022, 9:27pm #353. Turned off my anti-virus and firewall, cleared battle. ŶŦǶNyŦǑP5-1100 December 15, 2020, 3:34pm #1. Click on the Disable all and then OK to confirm changes. Deodu-kazzak December 9, 2022, 9:38am 618. If those two solutions don’t work, you’ll need to delete your WTF, Cache, and Interface folders located in your World of Warcraft directory. 2 Common Issues Breaking News This Week's Scheduled Maintenance Can't Install the Public Test Realm Client. Been stuck for more than 4 hours. Also stuck on initializing. Been stuck on 94% with initializing for the newest update for WoW, this has been happening since yesterday when the patch was launched. Stuck between initializing and fetching patch manifest. net agent is continuously crashing and restarting the “initializing” step of the download. Assuming this is due to massive amounts of people trying to download, but putting this thread here saying for the last 3 hours, my download has been sitting at 0% “Initializing download”. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. Savagely-steamwheedle-cartel November 16, 2022, 9:40pm #36. net app and try to install World of Warcraft again. Delete the Cache folder. net Tools folder to automatically rebuild. net application. net app and after I open the installer, it just stays on “Updating Blizzard Agent” for ever…Tried rebooting my Mac, downloading again the bnet app, nothing helps. The download progress bar is stuck at 0 b/s. I’ll have to wait, I guess. Had the same issue on Windows 11. After a long day of problem solving at work, coming home to another problem isn’t. thought it was just me… gave up and uninstalled - now I can’t reinstall. exe from the retail directory bypasses it, it almost immediately stops initialising while launching the game, and game runs fine, no wrong version errors or anything. I am trying to install world of Warcraft on my pc but its stuck on initializing and battlenet checking residency on install I just updated my cod cold war. net app completely, didn’t help. This might fix the issue. Reset the permissions on your WoW folder: 1. YOUR. Getting stuck on initializing can also indicate corrupt files, or there’s a problem with the drive the game is installed on. 1 Like. Just navigate to. NET and GPU. Close battle. The problem is not on my side. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Now I got stuck in the Initializing 2145581/2145581 loop. 2. The problem is not on my side. Same Problem here, now i have the classic feeling so many people enjoys. Desktop App Tech Support. Since yesterday, my Launcher has been stuck at the beginning of the progress bar, usually saying “initializing” or sometimes “waiting for another update” briefly then back to “initializing”. net update agent in task manager before it would work to reopen and start the patch successfully. Couldnt get past initializing update until i did this. Either “Initializing” or "Waiting for another download (and there is no other download). October 28, 2023. I think the download servers are dead. Support Account My Gifts Careers Company. 2 Common Issues CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. Supersalv • 10 mo. Support My Tickets Contact Support Support. Support. exe from the retail directory bypasses it, it almost immediately stops initialising while launching the game, and game runs fine, no wrong version errors or anything. Support My Tickets Contact Support Support. I wondered what was being patched, so I clicked on the Patch Notes link and the most recent patch notes it showed me were for Patch 8. net, the app may be stuck at "Initializing" and prevent you from progressing. Etzzy-doomhammer January 27, 2020, 6:22pm #4. Stuck on "Initializing. 30. Thought they would’ve made some improvements. net App. This worked for me on release day as well!!! Thanks! I’ve reinstalled the game twice now because the stupid update has been stuck on initializing. . The new Battle. Read on the forum that you can try to reinstall the battle. Every time I close Battle. Look for any battle. Or at least, that’s what fixed it for me last time it happened to me. The progress bar below the Install/Update button is currently at Initializing (242/1006) with a creeping progression. I even did a clean install of everything and still nothing. Technical Support. Support Account My Gifts Careers Company. Any help on this from the tech savvy would be appreciated. . Technical Support. minnesotaHunter (Topic Creator) 11 years ago #3. net as admin. Cancelling the scan replaces the game’s ‘Play’ button with ‘Update,’ which just begins the scan once again. Stuck on Initializing/Waiting on another update - Technical. Right-click the Battle. Click settings. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. At least it worked for me. Technical Support. World of Warcraft ForumsWays to Fix Fix World of Warcraft Update Stuck on Initializing on Windows 11 Run Blizzard App in a Selective Startup. This patch/update really screwed things up and is making a lot of experiences in game very. I’ve tried: Reinstalling BNet app. @NarcoticBooDa24 If you're stuck on "Checking for Updates" - removed it often leaves junk data in this article: Blizzard Agent Troubleshooting (PC) Keywords: Agent, agent. Idk what to do now. 2. Plus now I logged out to update addons and hey it’s stuck on initializing and won’t update. Desktop App Tech Support. To fix the WoW stuck on loading screen issue, you can try to edit the configuration file. My Tickets. If your region is currently patching or undergoing maintenance there might be a known issue affecting all players. Uninstall doesn’t work. msc in the search box and. In the World of WarCraft Info box, go to the Sharing & Permissions section. Nánu-tichondrius July 11, 2023, 8:37pm #2. Last resort I went to my Mobile HotSpot. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. Rule Out Internet Issues. After a few seconds it. Support Technical Support. • 1 yr. If I try again, it keeps failing. Battle Net gets stuck on initializing (Fix)Game update starts and then stops installing. Technical Support. Have tried stopping all the battle. netUpdate 2: Finally got past the indexes… but the download speed of the game is atrocious at 2. One hour ago I tried this: 0% Updating, nothing is happening - > I closed Battle. At least it worked for me. net Desktop App is stuck at "Initializing," try the following steps: Update or temporarily uninstall any security programs, which may mistakenly identify the login module as a security threat. I have fast internet and the space on the computer. 1 Like. Once the game ran, the “Initializing” disappeared and the PLAY button lit up. net launcher, and started re-installing wotlk. The advice given in the thread I've linked is basically to wait a while because of server issues, is the same. I guess the interim fix for now is to just run the exe and log in manually. Blizzard had absolutely no say in when the warzone update released. EDIT: Looks like when you exit the game it goes back to Initializing…. deleting battle. selective startup. I started experiencing this issue a few hours ago after being spammed with lua errors in-game with no addons enabled. net app and re open it or when I quit WoW (no matter which version) - Retail, TBC and Classic keeps updating. WoW Download is stuck on initializing. Elbodeep-area-52. Advanced Troubleshooting If the above steps fail, try the steps provided in the articles below . net app Cache, also reinstalled it. ran as. net, updating windows 10 optional and intel, deleting the Warcraft files multiple times. Try plugging your computer directly into your modem. Click on the “Disk Cleanup” button under the “General” tab and then click on the “OK” button. #$%#. It’s always initializing and reclaiming disc space. Yeah i have a fix for it (it worked for me anyway), close the game + the launcher completely, go into task manager, find the battle net update agent and close it then reopen the launcher, lmk if it works. I have rebooted the. Fortunately, there are a few things you can do to. Are you having trouble with your World of Warcraft installation or update? Do you see the annoying "Initializing. well I did try lots of stuff like reinstalling app. Initializing, doesn’t work. Birchfox-giantstalker November 16, 2022, 7:28pm #93. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Video driver crash in World of Warcraft with AMD video cards (7900 XTX) on DirectX 12. net or WoW processes sitting in the background via your task manager. Game stuck at 0. -redownload a fresh battle. Click on the lock and unlock it,. Deleting Blizzard and BNet folders from ProgramData. Game Install or Update Stuck at 0 B/s. Worked for me when stuck in the battlenet app. My current speed test shows 300mbit+ and another game downloaded just a bit earlier at 40mb/s. Technical Support. Clear all app cache. 4. Scan & repair files, uninstalled wow and downloaded again as well the battle. Seems its on Blizz’s back end. 2 Likes. Completely close the battle net app then navigate to the directory above. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. Having the same problem for the last 20 minutes now…. net app and re open it or when I quit WoW (no matter which version) - Retail, TBC and Classic keeps updating. World of Warcraft® Overwatch® 2. Dezyy-hellfire November 16, 2022, 7:54pm #138. Technical Support. Also, if I go and launch each individual . Technical Support. See, you got it half right. This has happened now for several days, and I cannot play the game at all. exe in my retail folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. This happens to me every so often, clears up immediately when I turn my firewall off. net is closed, along with any other World of Warcraft of proprietary processes in the Task Manager. EDIT: Looks like when you exit the game it goes back to Initializing…. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. cleared caches. net App (skip Step 6 for now, we will re-install later). Have tried stopping all the battle. Known WoW Classic Technical Support Issues [Updated - Jan 6th, 2023] Well met, adventurers! We’ll be using this forum thread to track known technical support issues, like conflicts which cause performance errors, crashes, and connection problems in WoW Classic. WoW gets stuck on initializing when trying to update. Check for Firewall/Antivirus Blocking. -force quit battle. Updated: 3 weeks ago Article ID: 13934. Blizzard failing at being a game company. Silvansaria-nordrassil. Disable all the background apps and close the other running apps other than WoW on your PC. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Social media. I have to close the client and restart it a minimum of four times to get the update to begin. Your computer has had it with wow and cancelled its own subscription. Go to the Battle. Its nice that blizz “does not. Support. 🤔 ( I have. You can close battle. Click the Downloads tab and scroll down to the bottom and you will see. . net, uninstalled Battle. Reopen the Battle. Technical Support. I managed to finally get the game to fully install after trying a couple suggestions in conjunction with each other. net client cache ensures you rule out the file corruption as a cause of the error that prevents you from initializing WoW updates. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. Trepan-archimonde November 16. 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” 1 Like. Boards. I’m also having this issue. Support. net app and install the program till you get to the initialization loop. Windows applied an update last week and since then haven’t been able to log in or update WoW. A user shares a solution to fix the issue of downloading WoW Retail on Windows 10 by running the BNet Update Agent as administrator. net or World of Warcraft processes in the Task Manager. Restart your computer to resolve problems caused by programs and services running in the background. Update or temporarily uninstall any security programs, which may mistakenly identify the login module as a security threat. Camuz-golemagg November 16, 2022,. We've tried restarting battle net, restarting computer, going into beta battle. World of Warcraft Arena World Championship. Lolyp-argent-dawn November 16, 2022,. net processes, restarting, etc. Nothing changes it. Shocckington-tichondrius November 14, 2023, 4:52pm 2. Jambrix November 16, 2022, 9:43pm #37. exe,. My Battle. Subject line: Stuck on initializing. Since yesterday, my Launcher has been stuck at the beginning of the progress bar, usually saying “initializing” or sometimes “waiting for another update” briefly then back to “initializing”. Delete the Battle. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. net app and after I open the installer, it just stays on “Updating Blizzard Agent” for ever…Tried rebooting my Mac, downloading again the bnet app, nothing helps. Hit the Windows key and R. When installing, game switches to “Updating” and gets into the loop of getting “Initializing (2127019/2127019)”. Same issue. I need to be in that queue! I tried posting this in the Bug report forum but i dont see a way to create a topic. love this game. The games run well. . Check if battlenet is actually doing anything. Usually a restart of the client or my pc will fix it. Tried that, and completely uninstalled and reinstalled Bnet. net launcher”. #$%#. If your World of Warcraft (WoW) update is stuck on "initializing," it can be caused by various factors. Account, App, & Shop; World of Warcraft; Warcraft Rumble; Diablo IV; Diablo Immortal; Overwatch 2;. So i have played wow on this laptop since it was birthed 2 years ago (Alienware m17). Reinstall the Battle. Check the ”Hide all Microsoft services” box. I’ve turned on viewing of hidden files and deleted the Battle. Kaotik-2758 February 13, 2020, 2:06pm 1. Every now and then it’ll start downloading at like 150 bytes a second for a minute then get back to being stuck at initializing. WoW Stuck on Initializing Help Trying to download World of Warcraft on Battle. net app. Darkseid-burning-legion November 16, 2022, 7:30pm #102. I had to go in and relocate each of them and it was fine, except for World of Warcraft. Blizzard seems to have a network issue. net launcher but it wouldn’t reinstall. It took about an hour for the process to finish initializing and I had to completely uninstall wow TBC classic before it would start to update my retail wow. net folder and restart your Blizzard App. I’m stuck as well…. I have restarted the application. net. 8 MB in the Initialization phase, and then stops and switches to Updating. 56 Likes. Stuck on Initializing. Also stuck on waiting for download. SOLUTION: I ran the Wow. Mine is named D:install D:installWorld of Warcraft Pointing to the D:install when asked by battle. 270. Community Tournaments. Net, deleted everything related to WoW and WotLK Classic and Battle. 2 Common Issues Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Sometimes a simple reboot can fix stuck updates. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. net Desktop App is stuck at "Initializing," try the following steps: Update or temporarily uninstall any security programs, which may mistakenly identify the login module as a security threat. this hasnt worked either. Anyone else come across this and how to work around it? Using a 14in M1 Pro MBP. ” I have tried causing the downloader to “start this update now” but that has no effect. Same issue here. Thought they would’ve made some improvements. restarted and hardbooted. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. Before deleting any files, make sure Battle. net update agent uses my full bandwidth while. Close all other applications to resolve software conflicts and free up resources. To use the Repair Tool first open the game and log in. go to the Boot tab. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. net installation directory, and the default path should look like this: C:ProgramDataBlizzard EntertainmentBattle. Are you stuck on initializing when trying to update or launch World of Warcraft? You are not alone. The battle net just tells me the game is updating but its stuck on initializing. Clearing Battle. Got better things to do. 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” 1 Like. net client and redownload the whole game; copied the entire folder on a USB stick and pasted over my WoW Folder worked like a charm with just a quick Scan and Repair action and now I can login without issues. Pekins-firemaw November 15, 2022, 6:37pm #1. My current speed test shows 300mbit+ and another game downloaded just a bit earlier at 40mb/s. net cache folder can resolve problems with the logon module. 1 Like. net Tools folder to automatically rebuild outdated or corrupt files. And I mean everything, I literally formatted my drive and started over. Restarted my PC and was able to start up wow just fine. Here are the steps to fix Blizzard waiting on another update: 1. Scan and repair, doesn’t work. Try plugging your computer directly into your modem. net Desktop App with these steps: • Uninstall the Blizzard Battle. net full disk access, making sure there was no world of warcraft folder in applications, AND restarting, it worked!Just delete the Battle. World of Warcraft ⚡ Guardians of the Dream - Common Issues CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. Waiting on another installation, doesn’t work. It should work after about a minute or two. Seeing as though this thread is closed: Update stuck on initializing - #242 by Sonlak-grobbulus Just today I thought I would resub to try out Dragonflight. Thaelia-deathwing. any updates would sooth my mind. net install and when I go to install Classic WoW, the install starts, gets to 82. 2 from battle. Same problem on 2 computers. Check out this thread to see what worked for them and how you can get back. im still stuck at 0% initializing . exe in my folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. For whatever reason Overwatch is stuck updating itself, it just says “Initializing…”. So far nothing has worked. Not working here “Initializing” Tried all the tricks here. 01) upvotes r/kde. Oh sorry - it does waste my time, electricity and my mental health. Thought they would’ve made some improvements. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. For me it solved the problem I had download also stuck at initialising 2 times and simply pausing and restarting fixed it for me. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. 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. World of Warcraft Forums. Revert the folder name change. Are many others having this problem?Step 2. General Discussion.