I have fast internet and the space on the computer. Technical Support. Update the Battle. Open the Game Install/Update section from the left pane. Continuing to watch the reinstall. net Update Agent" or something similar, and end the task. ago. if it still gets stuck at the social club loop. Many players have reported this issue on the official forum and shared their possible solutions. Right-click the Battle. I’ve also tried pausing and resuming with no avail and double checked there’s enough space on. Renamed the copy to retail and relaunched battlenet as admin. net cache files following the steps Here. Kill the battle. I can’t start WoW client directly because it’s not compatible (probably because of phase two today, it. Updating 0% Initializing. Troubleshooting steps when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing" Failed to Initialize Direct3D. Wait for a minute then plug your modem and router back into the power source. Trepan-archimonde November 16. net desktop app i got a notification that i needed to download an update for WOW classic so i proceded to intalling the update but when i did the update is stuck in ‘‘initializing’’ and doesnt seem to download the update. Click on the Disable all and then OK to confirm changes. Click on the Disable all and then OK to confirm changes. 2 Likes. 2. 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. net app shows that there are updates for: WoW Classic. Maybe it helps! Or maybe try instal warzone and see if that works. I think the download servers are dead. Sadly did not work for me. Now, navigate to the Services tab. Blizzard failing at being a game company. It needs 16gb of free storage to download the patch. net app and re open it or when I quit WoW (no matter which version) - Retail, TBC and Classic keeps updating. net installation directory, and the default path should look like this: C:ProgramDataBlizzard EntertainmentBattle. Start battle. Stuck at initializing?For me it started yesterday already. Game Install or Update Stuck at 0 B/s. Fixes I’ve tried:. What worked for me. start installing the game but close the battlenet launcher again as soon as it starts actually downloading. This resolved this issue for me. Already try login out, login back, restarting computer. Boards. I have tried it all, from clearing caches, cookies, flushing. Just unistall the game, then stop. Boards. Close battle. I’m having the same issue. 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. It’s the same result. WoW gets stuck on initializing when trying to update. SOLUTION: I ran the Wow. With W11, the result is the same. Close the task manager. I haven’t played the game for a long time and with dragon flight the one expansion I’ve wanted to play for a while now, I bought it a few days ago got sometime so I can catch up a few of my characters in levels for the release but now the game is stuck in an updating loop when I install it, it doesn’t even attempt to install the game but freezes. net. Closed my Antivirus. World of Warcraft - Patch Stuck on Initializing - Update Proble…Lovelost-azgalor Same for me. For me it started yesterday already. He had no issue downloading WoW Classic, but when he tries to download Retail WoW it gets stuck on initialising. net cache, whitelist the. killing agent in task manager. Meneshá-argent-dawn November 16, 2022, 7:15pm #65. WoW update is stuck on initializing. However, a lot of users are entering a problem where the updates and downloading in the Battlenet software either don’t start at all or get stuck in the. 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. net and the download seems to continuously get stuck on 'Initializing', making no progress. Loading. After a few seconds it. Best. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. I have rebooted the. 1 Like. all other games work fine, just not wow. net Tools folder to automatically rebuild outdated or corrupt files. thought it was just me… gave up and uninstalled - now I can’t reinstall. minnesotaHunter (Topic Creator) 11 years ago #3. The Updating never gets anywhere, stuck on 0%, with it also saying "Initializing". He left this overnight and it did not resolve. For real though, I have no clue. World of Warcraft Forums Support Technical Support. net and select WoW. CAS System Unable. However, it refuses to update the game and remains stuck on. I recently uninstalled it to make room for another game. this hasnt worked either. Step 2: In Game Settings, find your World of Warcraft and check the option Additional command line arguments. I’ve disabled my firewall. . Every time I close Battle. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. Disable any proxies that may interfere with the login module. Have tried stopping all the battle. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. 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. Hellbirah-aggramar July 14, 2023, 7:57pm #3. exe. Stuck on initializing? Discussion Is there really an update right now (Monday evening)? My Battlenet launcher says there’s an update for wow classic and my update is stuck on. Here are the instructions: Download the tool from this page. net games. Close the Blizzard launcher and then go in task manager and find the battlenet update agent and end task. Delete the created folder and change the renamed folder to the original name. Same issue. Pekins-firemaw November 15, 2022, 6:37pm #1. How to fix the WoW update stuck initializing? Uncheck the ”Load startup items” box. I returned to retail WoW earlier this year but fell off. Trepan-archimonde November 16. Ive tried everything from updating pc, uninstalling battle net, deleting temp folders. Then went into the retail folder and deleted everything while it was still in this state. This is the fix that’s worked for me. 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. Silvansaria-nordrassil. LoadingAre you having trouble with your World of Warcraft installation or update? Do you see the annoying "Initializing. Been stuck on initializing for over an hour. minnesotaHunter (Topic Creator) 11 years ago #3. Control panel > user accounts > Change User Account Control Settings. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Open the Battle. So i have played wow on this laptop since it was birthed 2 years ago (Alienware m17). I have tried restarting my pc, disabling the firewall and running as admin there has been no joy still stuck on initializing. Update your drivers and operating system to resolve any compatibility issues. It began as a memory access crash while playing the game. Why is the. Then when it loops, end the app by going to the blizzard logo in the top left, right click, and click exit. 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 whatsoeverStuck on "Initializing. 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 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. net Launcher. Scan & repair files, uninstalled wow and downloaded again as well the battle. Scan and repair doesn’t work either. • 2 mo. Rambush-rattlegore July 15, 2023, 12:40am #1. Like topic says the install download will not go beyond initializing 2203048/2203048 and is in loop. 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. World of Warcraft Forums Before deleting any files, make sure Battle. Sometimes fetching download manifest. 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. net icon, but nothing else happens. Technical Support. I’ve tried. net Launcher. We recently upgraded to Window’s 11 and had issues with WOW, so we uninstalled it figuring it was corrupt. So far I´ve tried: Exit the app and launch it again. it’s not even downloading it just initializing over and over and you have to wait like 15 mins to even play the game. For me it started yesterday already. I’ve tried removing the . Then just relaunch the launcher. tried, still have to initialize 280mb and it goes like 0. Delete the Battle. net launcher but it wouldn’t reinstall. ago. net I’ve also removed WoW, which now I think might have been a mistake. I’ll have to wait, I guess. log file from Documents/3DMark to ul. 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. Delete the Battle. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. World of Warcraft Classic. Help please. Click on locate the game, choose the folder. Initializing (XXX/1006) It is moving incredibly slowly for having gigabit internet and SSD storage. I tried restarting the client, I tried rebooting my computer. net app. net launcher Close any process related to Steam and Discord Temporarily disable anti-virus/malware (in my case I disabled. Same here, stuck on initializing. Game Install Stuck on Initializing. 7th ? The initializing zipped along quite fast until it reached around 250 MB of 442 MB, then it bogged down to a crawl. I’ve turned on viewing of hidden files and deleted the Battle. At some point, instead of “Updating”, the blue button will say “Update” (this happens every 30 seconds or something like that). LoadingIf it's stuck saying it's initializing, I'd suspect a permissions problem somewhere still. exe in my retail folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. Here are some possible reasons and troubleshooting steps you can try: Network Issues: Poor or unstable internet connection can cause the update to get stuck. Technical Support. run as admin. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did nothing, several times. exe in my folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. For me it is stuck at initializing. Troubleshooting steps for when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing" Updated: 4 months ago C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft. net in Program Files (x86) and Program Data. mine aswell starting downloading the game a minute ago but has gone back to the initializing. Try plugging your computer directly into your modem. Kaotik-2758 February 13, 2020, 2:06pm 1. World 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. Nazwyn-terenas (Nazwyn) November 16, 2022, 7:28pm 94. So, this worked for me. Nowaqu-burning-legion November 16, 2022, 7:57pm #144. 1 Like. Downloading WOW Initializing stuck on (2145571) Desktop App Tech Support. World of Warcraft ⚡ Guardians of the Dream - Common Issues Waiting on Another Installation or Update. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. Run as Admin. 2 Common Issues. Click on dropdown down arrow on the top left corner. Open the Battle. I left it running overnight for 10+ hours, still Initializing… SOLUTION: I ran the Wow. Nowaqu-burning-legion November 16, 2022, 7:57pm #144. Why can’t I install World of Warcraft? Try creating a new administrator account to resolve. In the “Host” field, enter “ us. There are multiple Battle. ran as. rename the Diablo 4 Beta folder. I cannot update wow (retail) as i get stuck in initializing. Pennab-mirage-raceway November 16, 2022, 7:34pm #109. Tyrskorn-2108 March 27, 2021, 8:43am 2. netI just bought the latest expansion of World of Warcraft today and I am installing it new on my PC (up until now, I have not played the game on the PC). WoW download stuck on "initializing". net, then end program on the blizzard updater, reopen b. Launcher stuck on initializing. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. Right-click the shortcut of Battle. Same here, stuck on initializing. World 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. Update your drivers and operating system to resolve any compatibility issues. net process in task manager and then right click > launch as administrator on battle. Been stuck on 94% with initializing for the newest update for WoW, this has been happening since yesterday when the patch was launched. cleared caches. Usually a restart of the client or my pc will fix it. After that reopen battlenet(do that as administrator, it may help), locate the folder of destiny and let it download. Hello blizzard hamster wheel it faster, thanks. net processes, restarting, etc. I’ve tried everything recommended except reinstalling bnet launcher. While it will be stuck on <Initializing (2145571/2145571)> for 30min without the wow folder increasing in memory size, after 30min it began downloading as it should. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. Update 2: Finally got past the indexes… but the download speed of the game is atrocious at 2. • 1 yr. Waited for an hour and the initializing part just stopped, had to press update again. And as a lot of players have come back, it is a bit busy, but in general these things will get fixed quite quick. net launcher. Furthermore, I paid 90 euros for pre-order to play it will pre-launch, and I’m. deleting battle. I’ve tried: Other games update and download without issues. Fix, rename etc. . thanks so much! My frustrations are lifted. This can be caused by something blocking the Battle. In most cases, we find that “Initializing…” getting stuck is typically caused by a conflicting third-party program, damaged/corrupted local Battle. Same happened to me yesterday. So I finally gave in, saved my WTF, Interface, Screenshots folders from each of the 3 WoW directories (retail, classic, PTR), uninstalled all of them, and used Battle. I’ll have to wait, I guess. Jeges-outland November 16, 2022, 6:59pm #38. Then try wow again. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Same issue here, tried restarting pc back to initializing. C:Program Files (x86)World of Warcraft. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15, 2022,. SjurEido. Re-downloaded the launcher and tried downloading again. net, clear your wtf and cache folder, restart, and see if it works. WoW download stuck on "initializing". You almost certainly don’t, and it just takes a while to get. Dartanin-ghostlands. net app installation is doing the same thing: getting stuck on the Updating function. 2. Can't install, stuck at 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. Restarted CPU and all that jazz. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game because the Battle. battle. Restart your computer to resolve problems caused by programs and services running in the background. Fixes I’ve tried:. Same here, stuck on initializing. Put Battle. I downloaded a free VPN, set my location to HK and set my login region to Asia - it started. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Have tried stopping all the 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, . The exact same thing is happening to me right now. . I was able to do an update for classic WoW, but not retail. net Desktop App is stuck at "Initializing," try the following steps: Update or temporarily uninstall any. However, I now have access to the game. Updated: 3 weeks ago Article ID: 13934 Product:. r/starcitizen. net app > Select WoW to install > Stuck on Initializing (2203048/2203048)… I’ve routed through my neighbor’s network and the same results. I've followed every step I possibly could, and still. Delete the Battle. 7) Trying to update to 10. I’ve gone into Task Manager and killed all Blizzard. It never goes past initializing. It is stuck on initializing. 10 votes, 13 comments. I had to go in and relocate each of them and it was fine, except for World of Warcraft. LoadingKrugraa-argent-dawn (Krugraa) December 16, 2021, 10:03pm #3. 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. I ended up reinstalling the game. Click the Downloads tab and scroll down to the bottom and you will see. I’ve gone into Task Manager and killed all Blizzard processes and made sure the WoW. net client, rule out internet problems, clean the Battle. Continuing to watch the reinstall. But it is stuck at "initializing", no matter what I do. If I leave it up and try to let the client figure itself out, it'll sit there doing nothing for hours. Updated: 4 months ago Article ID: 206714 Common Problems. Trepan-archimonde November 16. 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. Will try on a third computer in a different city today and sending to the other computers via Dropbox or. Start the test and launch the Battle. World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft Forums [Main Thread] Download Stuck on 0% initializing then BLZBNTAG0000138F. Kranox-mazrigos November 16, 2022, 7:02pm #44. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same. Reopen the Battle. Birchfox-giantstalker November 16, 2022, 7:28pm #93. exe in the game directory instead of throught the Battle. Vanasmut-tichondrius. Follow same steps to turn Safe mode off and boot back normally. Slide the slider all the way down to never Notify. net cache folder can resolve problems with the logon module. Step 5. Technical Support. 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. I pre purchased the Dragonflight expansion, resubbed for 3 months and wanted to install wow, but it is stuck at “Initialising”. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game because the Battle. That did not work for me, still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. m stuck at initializing! WHo would have expected that from Blizzard on a launch day! 2 Likes. See full list on makeuseof. Try de-instal and then cleanup hdd + register. post your log again. Stuck between initializing and fetching patch manifest. Uninstalling and reinstalling the Battle. GTA Online New Bonuses for 16th Nov 2023 - Cliffford Takes Over Again in a New Doomsday-themed Community Challenge, Peyote. Already submitted 3 bug reports through the battle. For whatever reason Overwatch is stuck updating itself, it just says “Initializing…”. net update agent in task manager before it would work to reopen and start the patch successfully. it probably looked something like this. net folder in its entirety. 2 Likes. Here’s how to fix your screen freezing in the loading men in World of Warcraft: The battle. Me too. Hearthstone. Last resort I went to my Mobile HotSpot. World of Warcraft ForumsBefore deleting any files, make sure Battle. If I try again, it keeps failing. Technical Support For problems installing or patching World of Warcraft, connecting to the realms or crashing during game play. net window. Tried restarting deleting cache folder restarting comp. Any help on this from the tech savvy would be appreciated. Restarted bnet. The new Battle. I’ve deleted the BNet Files and Cache as that worked in the past but now i’m stumped. Select the World of WarCraft folder. I have rebooted the. mine aswell starting downloading the game a minute ago but has gone back to the initializing. World of Warcraft Forums. I've now completely uninstalled everything from my Battle. Didn’t do anything. Blizzard had absolutely no say in when the warzone update released. Cannot update wow at all. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. restarted and hardbooted. Technical Support. 57 Likes. He says that Battle. run Battlenet and install WOW. Camuz-golemagg November 16, 2022,. Restart your computer to resolve problems caused by programs and services running in the background. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. any updates would sooth my mind. Deleting bnet folder in C:ProgramData. Chromie-ahnqiraj November 16, 2022, 9:26pm #352. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. If that does not work, turn beta mode on for your b. Technical Support. net agent is continuously crashing and restarting the “initializing” step of the download. Stuck on Initializing. We are able to install battle. I was surprised there weren’t already threads about his in this support forum. net processes in Task Manager; Navigate to the following: C:\ ProgramData \Blizzard Entertainment\ Battle. I have the same problem, been waiting for over an hour now on initializing. At least it worked for me. Riddington. net. net install and when I go to install Classic WoW, the install starts, gets to 82. Dadirro-silvermoon November 16, 2022, 7:31pm. Try de-instal and then cleanup hdd + register. The progress bar below the Install/Update button is currently at Initializing (242/1006) with a creeping progression. 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. After I exited retail wow again it’s just gone straight back to. For whatever reason Overwatch is stuck updating itself, it just says “Initializing…”. 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. Same also, for PTR, and all versions of wow. So far nothing has worked. net; Rename World of Warcarft folder to something else;World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Step 4. msc and open System Configuration. 5 M1 MBP. I have been trying to install retail WoW all evening, and the battle. 2 from battle. net launcher. Support.