Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Locked post. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15,. net to place World of Warcraft. I can’t launch the game because the launcher is evidently trying to update or download some files, but it is stuck between “Initializing” and “Waiting on another installation or update. This has happened now for several days, and I cannot play the game at all. I have rebooted the. Switch to the Game Install/Update tab by clicking on it and scroll down to the Network Bandwidth section. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. 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 Wotlk classic Update Stuck on Initializing. Same with everyone in my guild. Game Install or Update Stuck at 0 B/s. . stuck on initializing or about 30mins only few hours before wotlk release , such a stressful experience. Quick update: I managed to get hands on another PC where I did a fresh install of b. At the board meeting someone came up with an idea let’s release 2 updates in one day then there will definitely be more players and we will be able to boast about how many. Net, deleted everything related to WoW and WotLK Classic and Battle. net Desktop app. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. And. Restarted client, restarted PC. Community Tournaments. SupportTechnical Support. Update or temporarily uninstall any security programs, which may mistakenly identify the login module as a security threat. 15 years ago it was one click and you could play, but as technology advances, the. Every time I close Battle. I'm trying to install on macOS Ventura 13. Battle net launcher seams stuck on updating… just spinning at Initializing 0%. After I exited retail wow again it’s just gone straight back to. I’m stuck in a “Repair-Loop”… when I tried the scan and repair function, it scans for ~10 minutes or so, then tells me “something wen wrong” and that I should try again. Click the Settings menu option. net installation directory, and the default path should look like this: C:ProgramDataBlizzard EntertainmentBattle. That doesn’t seem to accomplish anything. These things take time - but it's worth the wait. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. net, so I uninstalled and now bnet re-install is stuck on 0% for a few hours. Scan and repair, doesn’t work. Right-click on the “Partition” on which the game has been installed and select “Properties”. i have uninstalled both wow and battlenet. Returning to the game and also getting this issue. Test the internet speed. Support Technical Support. WoW gets stuck on initializing when trying to update. Stuck on Initializing/Waiting on another update - Technical Support. 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. net desktop app may resolve rare launcher issues. Game update starts and then stops installing. Turn off your PC. minnesotaHunter (Topic Creator) 11 years ago #3. I have also tried repairing my game and still no joy : (. It should work after about a minute or two. Updated Windows 10, . Windows. I was able to do an update for classic WoW, but not retail. I have uninstalled battlenet and all games, deleted all folders, even the hidden ones. Hi there, Also stuck on initializing. Technical Support. Agnass-anvilmar. net App (skip Step 6 for now, we will re-install later). net folder in its entirety. Look for any battle. Support Account My Gifts Careers Company. Community Tournaments. We are able to install battle. Been stuck on 94% with initializing for the newest update for WoW, this has been happening since yesterday when the patch was launched. C:Program Files (x86)World Of Warcraft_retail_. For me it solved the problem I had download also stuck at initialising 2 times and simply pausing and restarting fixed it for me. Camuz-golemagg November 16, 2022,. Played wow no problems. Deleting the Battle. I play on a Mac. 01) upvotes r/kde. I came home from work one hour earlier than usual just to be stuck in Updating. net as admin. If your screen is stuck on Initializing World, open the task manager to see how many unwanted programs and services are running in the background when playing CS:GO. net, updating windows 10 optional and intel, deleting the Warcraft files multiple times. Then once they are all uninstalled, go in and manually delete the main World of Warcraft folder where the. 7) Trying to update to 10. I have tried everything I possibly can find on the internet. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. net update agent uses my full bandwidth while. That doesn’t seem to accomplish anything. It’s stuck on Initializing. selective startup. Press Command + I. Also stuck on waiting for download. net app, but now Im on 0% for installing battle. Many players have reported this issue on the official forums and some of them have found solutions. Aggronaught, If it's stuck saying it's initializing, I'd suspect a permissions problem somewhere still. World of Warcraft Arena World Championship. Stuck on Initializing since Windows Update. Click on This PC (Windows 10) and open the system partition C. Killsalot-firemaw September 26, 2022, 7:54pm 2. ago. Only problem is, my game just stays on initializing loop forever. And I mean everything, I literally formatted my drive and started over. it should start. WoW won't launch Windows 10 at times. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. → When I came home, Waiting for another update is no. X:world of warcraftworld of warcraft Good luck. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. net, Blizzard, and/or Blizzard Entertainment folders in the Windows temporary file locations below. Closed my Antivirus. If your World of Warcraft (WoW) update is stuck on "initializing," it can be caused by various factors. Thaelia-deathwing. 2. net, Blizzard, and/or Blizzard Entertainment folders in the Windows temporary file locations below. EDIT: Looks like when you exit the game it goes back to Initializing…. For whatever reason Overwatch is stuck updating itself, it just says “Initializing…”. ALL OTHER GAMES ARE INSTALLING CORRECTLY. Under the General tab, select Selective startup. If it's actually using network then just leave it and it should finish eventually. Was there ever an actual fix for this? I have tried literally all of the tier one stuff Blizz. Technical Support. net app which I downloaded, but it didn’t help. net desktop app. See, you got it half right. net processes, restarting, etc. net install and when I go to install Classic WoW, the install starts, gets to 82. thought it was just me… gave up and uninstalled - now I can’t reinstall. I’m also having this issue. net app icon and choose ‘Run as administrator’. The download progress bar is stuck at 0 b/s. Support Account My Gifts Careers Company. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. Try logging out of the Battle. See full list on makeuseof. Open Battle. This patch/update really screwed things up and is making a lot of experiences in game very. Tried restarting PC, reinstalling bnet, repair client, clean registers, try to set game folder to full. " SupportTechnical Support. I have been trying to install retail WoW all evening, and the battle. My guess is overloaded Blizzard servers but that’s just a wild guess as. Like topic says the install download will not go beyond initializing 2203048/2203048 and is in loop. I bought Dragonflight for my friend however when he's trying to install World of Warcraft, it is stuck initializing forever at 2145571 / 2145571 . Trepan-archimonde November 16,. net as admin. 1 Like. net launcher and download the game before buying sub and the game is stuck on initializing, this is a fresh clean install on a new PC since I last played. Disable any proxies that may interfere with the login module. Been stuck on 94% with initializing for the newest update for WoW, this has been happening since yesterday when the patch was launched. Restarting this did not work. net and try updating World of Warcraft again. Stuck between initializing and fetching patch manifest. Follow same steps to turn Safe mode off and boot back normally. 30. Their issue that they need to fix. Hey, probably not many people in my situation but I’m trying to install WoW again (for obvious reasons 😃 ) and I’m stuck at installing the battle. Click the box for Safe Mode and then click the Network option underneath at the bottom. Tried that, and completely uninstalled and reinstalled Bnet. ” I have tried causing the downloader to “start this update now” but that has no effect. 🤔 ( I have. We've tried restarting battle net, restarting computer, going into beta battle. Reboot your PC. Uninstall doesn’t work. net folder and restart your Blizzard App. If I leave it up and try to let the client figure itself out, it'll sit there doing nothing for hours. Stuck on "Initializing. I’ve turned on viewing of hidden files and deleted the Battle. Disable all the background apps and close the other running apps other than WoW on your PC. The progress bar below the Install/Update button is currently at Initializing (242/1006) with a creeping progression. net Launcher and attempt the installation again. I tried running Battle. And I mean everything, I literally formatted my drive and started over. stuck here to, been sitting watching initilising for just under 2 hours, maybe time to give up cancel if blizz cant even get their act together with updates god help us for next expansion Loading World of Warcraft ForumsStep 2: Reinstall BattleNet. After I exited retail wow again it’s just gone straight back to. That did not work for me, still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. Leaf-azuremyst November 16, 2022, 7:16am #5. I had WotLK and retail installed but it still could not locate either one even after manually pointing it at the file location. 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. 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. Community. I was sitting waiting for Deathwhisper to become active trying not to lose my mind over the lag, when suddenly I disconnect from the server. Was recently kicked out of the game a little over thirty minutes ago (right before the second stage of the time rift), and now I apparently need to apply an update for the second time today. net files, or a problem connecting to the patching server. Same problem on 2 computers. Technical Support. net app shows that there are updates for: WoW Classic. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. thought it was just me… gave up and uninstalled - now I can’t reinstall. Kymthegreat-staghelm November 8, 2023, 6:23pm 1. . i have uninstalled both wow and battlenet. Completely close the battle net app then navigate to the directory above. net installation directory, and the default path should look like this: C:\ProgramData\Blizzard Entertainment\Battle. Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did. Stuck on Initializing. I've now completely uninstalled everything from my Battle. netUpdate 2: Finally got past the indexes… but the download speed of the game is atrocious at 2. 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. com Restart your PC. Kymthegreat-staghelm November 8, 2023, 6:23pm 1. net app. Step 4. net application. This happened to me and I reset and reinstalled everything. net, the app may be stuck at \"Initializing\" and prevent you from progressing. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. Scan and repair, doesn’t work. Either “Initializing” or "Waiting for another download (and there is no other download). If your region is currently patching or undergoing maintenance there might be a known issue affecting all players. 48. I can’t get past the “initializing” stage to start the. However, these applications may occasionally prevent Blizzard software from running, installing, or patching correctly. )Restarting battle. Agnass-anvilmar. Following someone elses advice, I tried uninstalling the battle. exe in my folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. net app installation is doing the same thing: getting stuck on the Updating function. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game because the Battle. Disable any proxies that may interfere with the login module. Nowaqu-burning-legion November 16, 2022, 7:57pm #144. 2 Likes. Delete the Battle. Nallianah-wyrmrest-accord. The easiest fix for this problem is to just wait guys, don’t be impatient. 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. net app. net app and re open it or when I quit WoW (no matter which version) - Retail, TBC and Classic keeps updating. Now, I tried something different. FIX. Technical Support. net launcher then go task manager close remaining apps then restart should probably fix it. I have fast internet and the space on the computer. Click it, then select World of Warcraft to update. Check for Firewall/Antivirus Blocking. LoadingI have the same problem, been waiting for over an hour now on initializing. 18423. net Launcher. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15, 2022,. The games run well. Deleting bnet folder in C:ProgramData. it’s not even downloading it just initializing over and over and you have to wait like 15 mins to even play the game. The app is stuck on “Updating”, with WoW Classic at 0%, PTR at 83%, and retail WoW at 0%. Disable or temporarily uninstall these programs, restart your computer, and try. net launcher, and started re-installing wotlk. • Next (before re-installing) let’s delete any Battle. Kaotik-2758 February 13, 2020, 2:06pm 1. 5 M1 MBP. net launcher (would just get stuck) removed all Battle. It’s always initializing and reclaiming disc sp…Jinji-whisperwind July 11, 2023, 8:31pm #1. Seems its on Blizz’s back end. If your region is currently patching or undergoing maintenance there might be a known issue affecting all players. I assumed maybe it didn’t like my D drive, so i went to my C. Now I got stuck in the Initializing 2145581/2145581 loop. Open comment sort options Best; Top; New. I left it running overnight for 10+ hours, still Initializing… SOLUTION: I ran the Wow. Low and behold I can’t even download the game I paid for because it gets stuck in an infinite initializing loop. Pointyënd-ashkandi July 13, 2023, 8:53am #1. Also stuck on initializing. 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. EDIT: Looks like when you exit the game it goes back to. Uninstalling and reinstalling battlenet. LoadingWorld of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. Nothing works. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Yeah, mine is stuck as well. Hopefully it gets a fix. Oramir-alonsus November 16, 2022, 9:27pm #353. Technical Support. Trepan-archimonde November 16. Got better things to do. Support. Stuck at initializing?Start the battle. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game because the Battle. 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. SjurEido. Third day in a row now. Stuck on Initializing. Initializing Checking Residency. . But when I click on the game I am presented with “update World of Warcraft” and it starts all over again - seems to be in a loop, stuck at 0% and not going anywhere fast. Thaelia-deathwing. Missing Gnomelia and/or Hearthstone Card Back After Defeating Hogger. Aderya-bloodhoof November 16, 2022, 7:23pm #84. cleared caches. ago. net app and try to install World of Warcraft again. net or World of Warcraft processes in the Task Manager. Uncheck everything on Network Bandwith. 3) Open the “ World of Warcraft ” folder again. Loading I have the same problem, been waiting for over an hour now on initializing. Go to the Battle. Cancelling the scan replaces the game’s ‘Play’ button with ‘Update,’ which just begins the scan once again. The Updating never gets anywhere, stuck on 0%, with it also saying "Initializing". Hexenmeíster-amanthul November 16, 2022, 7:06pm #49. 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. net Stuck in a Refresh Loop. Stuck on. Start the update (installation in your case) Close the Battle. Type msconfig. 2 Common Issues Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same. Technical Support. net. Hello everyone i installed WOW classic a month ago and everything was running smooth till about a week ago on the battle. Hibb-tichondrius August 26,. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Technical Support. FIX. Emeldavi-tichondrius. Close all other applications. Cannot update wow at all. 2 Common Issues Breaking News This Week's Scheduled Maintenance Can't Install the Public Test Realm Client. restarted and hardbooted. . Unable to Gain. Social media. 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. Close battle. And as a lot of players have come back, it is a bit busy, but in general these things will get fixed quite quick. 4MB/s. Check the ”Hide all Microsoft services” box. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. Low and behold I can’t even download the game I paid for because it gets stuck in an infinite initializing loop. . net. Technical Support. I’ve gone into Task Manager and killed all Blizzard. Every time I close Battle. net update agent in task manager before it would work to reopen and start the patch successfully. 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. I have restarted the application. msc in the search box and. net Desktop App is stuck at "Initializing," try the following steps:It’s been three weeks since the release of World of Warcraft’s newest expansion, Dragonflight; with the first Season of content and raiding well underway, Internet. Windows applied an update last week and since then haven’t been able to log in or update WoW. How to resolve this issue when installing or. 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, . net installer. 2 Common Issues CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. The same is happening for me. It’s stuck on Initializing. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. Support Technical Support. I thought it was battle. I managed to finally get the game to fully install after trying a couple suggestions in conjunction with each other. Every single time WoW has an update, no matter how small, I get stuck on initializing. Xee-draenor March 27, 2023, 9:52pm 1. 7th ? The initializing zipped along quite fast until it reached around 250 MB of 442 MB, then it bogged down to a crawl. 819. Emeldavi-tichondrius. Step 3. Stuck on initializing. Which meant all my addons and set-ups were erased. Pretty sure this must be a bug in their software at this stage. Support. Occasionally, you may find your World of Warcraft update stuck on initializing because of internet connectivity issues. Turn off your PC. Delete the Battle. Community Tournaments. Configure your security software's exception list to allow Blizzard applications to run. I have the same issue. Couldnt get past initializing update until i did this. Updated: 8 months ago Article ID: 23672 Antivirus and firewall software play an important role in computer security. Have tried stopping all the battle. Exit Bnet -> Open Folder that contains WoW folder -> Rename to something like "World of Warcraft_backup" -> Open Bnet and click update, it will change to "Install" (Skip this if it already changed to "Install") -> Rename WoW folder back to "World of Warcraft" (previous name). Then once they are all uninstalled, go in and manually delete the main World of Warcraft folder where the. Run troubleshooting for WoW download update stuck on initializing. Kymthegreat-staghelm November 8, 2023, 6:23pm 1. Click settings. Terrko-burning-legion November 16, 2022, 7:21pm #79. I have plenty of space on my SSD, looked at other fixes and now luck. net Update Agent" or something similar, and end the task. The problem is not on my side. If I try again, it keeps failing. Tick the checkbox for Hidden items, and click on the Program Data folder. Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did nothing, several times. all other games work fine, just not wow. net. 5. Click the box for Safe Mode and then click the Network option underneath at the bottom. Open the Battle. #$%#. My WoW PTR update remains at 83%, WoW Classic and Retail remain at 0% updates, and the app is stuck on “…Initializing” no matter which update I set it on executing. Support. NET and GPU Restarting the PC Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on. Download stuck on the "Updating Battle. We have more resources available in our knowledge database. Loading. Right-click on the Blizzard app’s desktop shortcut and open Properties. Technical Support. And now, finally, I removed everything related to BattleNet, Blizzard, and World of Warcraft and started a new fresh install. I purchased an external hard drive to re install wow. 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; If you're having trouble installing or updating a game because the Battle. net launcher”. I’ve gone into Task Manager and killed all Blizzard processes and made sure the WoW. im not the only one then? 5 Likes. 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. net app, but now Im on 0% for installing battle. In such cases: Restart your router. 2 Likes. Check BlizzardCS on Twitter for breaking news and information on our services. Me too. net or World of Warcraft processes in the Task Manager. Same issue for me: Intitializing (367/367 Bytes) and it just hangs there. ALL OTHER GAMES ARE INSTALLING CORRECTLY.