WoW gets stuck on initializing when trying to update. Help pleaseOur team is already on the case working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. Unable to Gain. Stuck on initializing, can’t play. I’m also having this issue. 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. So far, the game seems a lot more technical than I remember. Scan and repair doesn’t work either. Stuck on "Initializing. Click the Settings menu option. net desktop app may resolve rare launcher issues. 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. Technical Support. Stuck on update/initializing. Control panel > user accounts > Change User Account Control Settings. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same. I had WotLK and retail installed but it still could not locate either one even after manually pointing it at the file location. YOUR. I can’t get past the “initializing” stage to start the. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. Also stuck on waiting for download. “@Maverick_LIVE_ Go ahead and open a ticket then. Hopefully it gets a fix. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. It’s always initializing and reclaiming disc sp…Jinji-whisperwind July 11, 2023, 8:31pm #1. If anybody has this problem, open task manager and end the task "Agent". Femfatale-haomarush. Cofe-azuremyst November 16, 2022, 7:20pm #72. Updating 0% Initializing. I’m stuck as well…. 1. Read on the forum that you can try to reinstall the battle. net. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. The same is happening for me. secondary logon. You don't have two big updates on the same day. Common Problems. Same problem on 2 computers. 2 Common Issues CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. Either “Initializing” or "Waiting for another download (and there is no other download) Giving up for the night. Then once they are all uninstalled, go in and manually delete the main World of Warcraft folder where the game was. Other users comment with their own. 270. Read on the forum that you can try to reinstall the battle. I’ve tried: Reinstalling BNet app. Running windows 10. Initializing (XXX/1006) It is moving incredibly slowly for having gigabit internet and SSD storage. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. 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. Click OK and Restart your Steam. net again. net App (skip Step 6 for now, we will re-install later). Then input -d3d11 in the box. Try to get into your wow folder : world of warcraft > retail , then double click on your wow. net Stuck in a Refresh Loop. Updated: 4 months ago Article ID: 206714 Common Problems. We have more resources available in our knowledge database. Mine is named D:install D:installWorld of Warcraft Pointing to the D:install when asked by battle. Ending the WoW process that was oddly running for no reason fixed this, for me. yea same thing here spent all day in the Emergency room and came home to my game as broken as I am. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Either “Initializing” or "Waiting for another download (and there is no other download). World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. It’s updating, the launcher bugs out currently to where it will stop showing it downloading all the encoding tables and. I have been trying to install retail WoW all evening, and the battle. Click settings. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. Click on the lock and unlock it,. Updated: 4 months ago Article ID: 206714 Common Problems. 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’d like to report that I can’t download WoW. Troubleshooting steps for when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing"Before deleting any files, make sure Battle. net launcher (would just get stuck) removed all Battle. net or WoW processes sitting in the background via your task manager. com. Edit 2: Got past the first initialization loop and into a measured megabyte download only to get stuck in yet another initialization loop. Hmm. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Jalkoth-blades-edge November 9, 2022, 6:34am #1. killing agent in task manager. Step 1: Go to Blizzard Battle. net launcher”. Hope this helps. Locked post. It’s taken 30+ minutes to download another 30 MB, from 250 to 280MB. Restarting this did not work. World of Warcraft ⚡ Guardians of the Dream - Common Issues Troubleshooting Security Applications. well thats weird, launching the wow. it probably looked something like this. Thought they would’ve made some improvements. This is found in C:/ProgramData (which is a hidden folder). Not working here “Initializing” Tried all the tricks here. I guess the interim fix for now is to just run the exe and log in manually. Social media. Clearing the Battle. net application. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Same issue, been waiting an hour now trying to download - being an old vet in this game I remember the times back at the start with issues like this and Blizzard would credit us day to our subscriptions - I wonder why they wont bring that idea back. I recently uninstalled it to make room for another game. Open Battle. (Am on a mac. Pekins-firemaw November 15, 2022, 6:37pm #1. net app. My Tickets. Clearing Download Cache on Steam. Tried restarting PC, reinstalling bnet, repair client, clean registers, try to set game folder to full. Help please. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. thanks so much! My frustrations are lifted. We are able to install battle. Click the Blizzard icon at the top left part of the screen and choose Settings from the dropdown menu. I have rebooted the. Check the ”Hide all Microsoft services” box. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. Slide the slider all the way down to never Notify. If you don’t see all 3 folders in each. netUpdate 2: Finally got past the indexes… but the download speed of the game is atrocious at 2. Technical Support. 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. Select Game Settings on the left of the window. PC with fresh install has Windows 10. Also, if I go and launch each individual . I play on a Mac. Support Technical Support. The download progress bar is stuck at 0 b/s. Continues to sit on (2203048/2203048) It is strange that it’s the same issue on all 3 of my machines. His response at the time was, “What sword? ” Well — after some important investigative journalism — it turns out there. 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. Alter your DNS to unblock Blizzard download servers, then run the update once more. net update agent uses my full bandwidth while. Same problem on 2 computers. solution is to open you. Look for any battle. it’s not even downloading it just initializing over and over and you have to wait like 15 mins to even play the game. net Desktop Application gets stuck on Downloading New Files. Updated: 3 weeks ago Article ID: 13934 Product:. Battlenet is the go-to client if you want to play big title games like Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, World of Warcraft, etc. 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. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. Just going in an endless loop of saying it’s updating but doesn’t actually do anything. Desktop App Tech Support. I bought Dragonflight for my friend however when he's trying to install World of Warcraft, it is stuck initializing forever at 2145571 / 2145571 . Spam left click on the button. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. This might fix the issue. Technical Support. net files from appdata, localappdata, etc; start reinstall of Battle. com. It is now stuck on "Applying Updates 0%". Community Tournaments. Not working here “Initializing” Tried all the tricks here. 7. Thought they would’ve made some improvements. Still stuck on initializing. Restart the Battle. Idk what to do now. 1. 1. I have rebooted the. Re-open the Battle. Linux. Any suggestion on how to fix would. There has been a bug in bnet for as long as I remember where either the remaining data or download speed are reported wrong or the download just seems "stuck". I’m stuck on the initialising steps. Expect at least some free game time for this. When installing, game switches to “Updating” and gets into the loop of getting “Initializing (2127019/2127019)”. I have opened a ticket with blizzard but response time via email is not the best. If I try again, it keeps failing. Camuz-golemagg November 16, 2022,. Look for any battle. Just unistall the game, then stop. (setting the files / etc with the 1,72 mb size) then back to initializing . net launcher (or window). net or World of Warcraft processes in the Task Manager. Hello, It started couple hours ago. net in the allowed list in your firewall settings and see if the download moves past “Initializing”. Switch to the Game Install/Update tab by clicking on it and scroll down to the Network Bandwidth section. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. Followed alot of tips from forum posts with similar problem. g. 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. Restart your computer to resolve problems caused by programs and services running in the background. exe file. Fixes I’ve. While being stuck it also sends and downloads data at full speed, so battle. Visit our main page to know more: ----- This is not a technical support forum. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. net button at the top left of the Battle. So the launcher seems to be stuck at initializing the update, taking what seems far too long to update WoW. Check for Firewall/Antivirus Blocking. Technical Support. I have tried restarting my pc, disabling the firewall and running as admin there has been no joy still stuck on initializing. Check if battlenet is actually doing anything. Heymerth-chamber-of-aspects November 16, 2022, 7:21pm #76. World of Warcraft Forums Game Install Stuck on Initializing. Now, navigate to the Services tab. net launcher (or window). November 14, 2023. Phantasticus-azuremyst November 16, 2022, 7:54pm. Did a scan and repair but it was still stuck on initializing. i cant install because im still i initializing… ive also attempted to install in a new folder. Zero progress gets made. For whatever reason Overwatch is stuck updating itself, it just says “Initializing…”. exe; reinstall via administrator; flush DNS; and still the installer is 1 very slow to install and 2 gets stuck anywhere between 40% and 55%Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. I've followed every step I possibly could, and still. Seems its on Blizz’s back end. net Launcher and attempt the installation again. I am unable to download the new patch and am stuck on initializing I have already restarted my entire pc. If there's something preventing it from downloading, it may tell you why. It’s always initializing and reclaiming disc space. I have to close the client and restart it a minimum of four times to get the update to begin. Anyone know what can be done about this? Pausing the update just makes the launcher think there’s ANOTHER update. net app completely, didn’t help. Technical Support. Thaelia-deathwing. I started experiencing this issue a few hours ago after being spammed with lua errors in-game with no addons enabled. Same with everyone in my guild. After a few seconds it. The battle net just tells me the game is updating but its stuck on initializing. Support Account My Gifts Careers Company. Like topic says the install download will not go beyond initializing 2203048/2203048 and is in loop. I tried restarting the client, I tried rebooting my computer. In most cases, we find that “Initializing…” getting stuck is typically caused by a conflicting third-party program, damaged/corrupted local Battle. 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”. This happened to me and I reset and reinstalled everything. net in Program Files (x86) and Program Data. Same issue for me: Intitializing (367/367 Bytes) and it just hangs there. The progress bar below the Install/Update button is currently at Initializing (242/1006) with a creeping progression. Aggronaught, If it's stuck saying it's initializing, I'd suspect a permissions problem somewhere still. Running BNet with Admin privileges and Windows 7 compatibility mode. :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” 🙃World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Dartanin-ghostlands. 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. ALL OTHER GAMES ARE INSTALLING CORRECTLY. Updated: 6 months ago Article ID: 14236 Common Problems. net launcher keeps showing “Updating” and “Initializing”… and 0% completion. It never goes past initializing. It’s always initializing and reclaiming disc space. ’ - > I went outside with my dog for 30 mins. Technical Support. Have tried stopping all the battle. World of Warcraft ⚡ Guardians of the Dream - Common Issues CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. Go to the Battle. 2 Likes. Desktop App Tech Support. When installing, game switches to “Updating” and gets into the loop of getting “Initializing (2127019/2127019)”. After that, navigate to the following path: C : ProgramData Blizzard Entertainment Battle. I’ve gone into Task Manager and killed all Blizzard. Stuck on initializing. Click the Downloads tab and scroll down to the bottom and you will see. Same, been nearly an hour now with zero movement. How to fix the WoW update stuck initializing? Uncheck the ”Load startup items” box. It will work then. Once the game ran, the “Initializing” disappeared and the PLAY button lit up. net and the download seems to continuously get stuck on 'Initializing', making no progress. And now, finally, I removed everything related to BattleNet, Blizzard, and World of Warcraft and started a new fresh install. I was surprised there weren’t already threads about his in this support forum. 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. Sayman-nesingwary March 9, 2021, 10:09pm #1. Already ran as Admin, renamed folders, flushed DNS…. Close battle. Continues to sit on (2203048/2203048) It is strange that it’s the same issue on all 3 of my machines. I was able to do an update for classic WoW, but not retail. Are many others having this problem?Step 2. 7th ? The initializing zipped along quite fast until it reached around 250 MB of 442 MB, then it bogged down to a crawl. If I pause and resume it gets stuck on waiting on another update, despite being the only battlenet-game on the computer. Download stuck on the "Updating Battle. Grumir-wyrmrest-accord November 10, 2020, 11:23pm #1. Jambrix November 16, 2022, 9:43pm #37. Macbook. EDIT: Looks like when you exit the game it goes back to Initializing…. net website gives you a potential fix. Worked for me when stuck in the battlenet app. Emeldavi-tichondrius. net. it probably looked something like this. Boards. I am trying to install World of Warcraft. • Disabling Auto-Updates in the client. Was there ever an actual fix for this? I have tried literally all of the tier one stuff Blizz. 2 Common Issues Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. I left it running overnight for 10+ hours, still Initializing… SOLUTION: I ran the Wow. Technical Support. 18423. 2 Common Issues Subject. My current speed test shows 300mbit+ and another game downloaded just a bit earlier at 40mb/s. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. net folder. I deleted the retail folder entirely and copied the classic folder. also manually patching agent and nothing helped even a little. Same here, stuck on initializing. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. You almost certainly don’t, and it just takes a while to get. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. net Tools folder to automatically rebuild outdated or corrupt files. Brewmeister-ashbringer November 16, 2022, 7:46pm #124. After a long day of problem solving at work, coming home to another problem isn’t. Fix, rename etc. Start battle. Step 5. net. Right click and select Run as Administrator on the launcher. ago. Only problem is, my game just stays on initializing loop forever. net app shows that there are updates for: WoW PTR WoW Retail WoW Classic No matter which one I have it work on, the Update gets stuck on “Initializing” at 0% and won’t budge from there, even after I leave it…Note that World of Warcraft is huge, you are downloading and installing a whole universe into your machine. 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. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. also stuck on initializing, currently at 30 minutes, really frustrating! 3 Likes. You can close battle. Community Tournaments. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game because the Battle. net, uninstalled Battle. . Usual way to resolve this is to reboot your computer and then start the launcher to get the update. net install and when I go to install Classic WoW, the install starts, gets to 82. Hexenmeíster-amanthul November 16, 2022, 7:06pm #49. Delete the Cache folder. I’m also having this issue. Usually a restart of the client or my pc will fix it. Oh. Installed bnet and then tried to. 2 from battle. Support. Technical Support. 8 MB in the Initialization phase, and then stops and switches to Updating. Support Technical Support. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. cleared caches. Technical Support. Same here, stuck on initializing. SjurEido. net files, or a problem connecting to the patching server. Stuck on "Initializing. After that, I restarted my PC and tried installing World of Warcraft again. If you're stuck longer than a few minutes on this screen, follow the troubleshooting steps below: If you're using a wireless connection, optimize your internet connection to rule out a connection issue. Try this, this works for me all the time for all games on Bnet. I’ve deleted the BNet Files and Cache as that worked in the past but now i’m stumped. im not sure why its not connecting for. If it's actually using network then just leave it and it should finish eventually. Go to the Battle. Click on the “Disk Cleanup” button under the “General” tab and then click on the “OK” button. I think the download servers are dead. net is running, close it. Deleting Blizzard and BNet folders from ProgramData. Renamed the copy to retail and relaunched battlenet as admin. net. Recently, my Battle. Have already restarted my PC and tried to pause/restart the update. In the Processes tab, end all processes related to the Blizzard app. Played wow no problems. Initializing is taking forever. The steps that worked for me was as follows: Make sure auto-update is disabled on your Battle. " message that never goes away? If so, you are not alone. net app, however it is permanently stuck on Initializing. That should resolve the halt. Cannot update wow at all. It started couple hours ago. " SupportTechnical Support. FIX. 1 Like. selective startup. Having the same issue. Krugraa-argent-dawn (Krugraa) December 16, 2021, 10:03pm #3. net file > Agent file > latest agent file > latest AgentNGDP file and send that to: Techinfo@blizzard. Deleting the Battle. Clear all app cache. The new Battle. ago. Sometimes fetching download manifest. It should say Install instead of Play.