Reboot your PC. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. Technical Support. Help please. It’s the same result. Been stuck on 94% with initializing for the newest update for WoW, this has been happening since yesterday when the patch was launched. Desktop App Tech Support. Having the same problem for the last 20 minutes now…. Waiting on another installation, doesn’t work. Now I got stuck in the Initializing 2145581/2145581 loop. exe" is downloading. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. 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. Open the Battle. net launcher’s window. net, tried to reinstall and since then either stuck on “Updating battle. The Battle. Nothing is working helllpppp. Updated:. com and I'll take a look. Windows applied an update last week and since then haven’t been able to log in or update WoW. It needs 16gb of free storage to download the patch. Under Network Bandwidth, set both the Latest updates and Future patch data values to 0 (0 means Unlimited). 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. Around 70 gig to go it displayed PLAY button. i went a step further and ended vanguard and gamepass tasks as well. Seems its on Blizz’s back end. Then select World of Warcraft, and click its Reset In-Game options button. exe in the game directory instead of throught the Battle. Windows. With W11, the result is the same. then relaunched into wow and it started updating properly. Login to Battle. i have uninstalled both wow and battlenet. Just unistall the game, then stop. For problems installing or patching World of Warcraft, connecting to the realms or crashing during game play. It’s stuck on Initializing. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game because the Battle. Its been like this for a while. Update 2: Finally got past the indexes… but the download speed of the game is atrocious at 2. Sometimes a simple reboot can fix stuck updates. When I started the Battle. Etzzy-doomhammer January 27, 2020, 6:22pm #4. [Main Thread] - High World MS during afternoon - Nova/Wind ISP/Telecom Italia Sparkle Nov 2023. Reboot Windows to safe mode + network. Technical Support. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. SeriousAdult • 1 yr. same here, seems like the update servers might be down. Technical Support. I deleted the retail folder entirely and copied the classic folder. ahh ok, im still stuck at 0% initializing . If that does not work, turn beta mode on for your b. Same also, for PTR, and all versions of wow. It also doesn’t matter. 2 Common Issues Subject. Many players have reported this issue on the official forums and some of them have found solutions. World of Warcraft Forums I have been trying to install retail WoW all evening, and the battle. Step 2: In Game Settings, find your World of Warcraft and check the option Additional command line arguments. I’ve turned on viewing of hidden files and deleted the Battle. For real though, I have no clue. I’ve also tried pausing the WoW updates to allow the desktop application to finish, but with no luck. 2 Likes. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. Recently, my Battle. WoW update is stuck on initializing. But it is stuck at "initializing", no matter what I do. Switching battlenet launcher to the Beta version. 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. No matter which one I have it work on, the Update gets stuck on “Initializing” at 0% and won’t. To fix the problem, you can try running Bettle. net app and re open it or when I quit WoW (no matter which version) - Retail, TBC and Classic keeps updating. same issue, in the battle. Then once they are all uninstalled, go in and manually delete the main World of Warcraft folder where the. i had 8gigs left on my disc and it kept initializing for 2hours at 4%. This is found in C:/ProgramData (which is a hidden folder). 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. 33. Stuck on initializing screen and. Disable or temporarily uninstall these programs, restart your computer, and try. I renamed the 'Battle. net App. net full disk access, making sure there was no world of warcraft folder in applications, AND restarting, it worked!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. For me it is stuck at initializing. Sometimes Battle. Instead of using a wireless connection, use a physical LAN. Every single time WoW has an update, no matter how small, I get stuck on initializing. Can't update World of Warcraft. The problem is not on my side. net, updating windows 10 optional and intel, deleting the Warcraft files multiple times. #$%#. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same. Technical Support. Scan & repair files, uninstalled wow and downloaded again as well the battle. Under Background processes, find " Battle. The Updating never gets anywhere, stuck on 0%, with it also saying "Initializing". Kill those processes (but don’t kill the launcher) and the update should proceed as normal. Getting stuck on initializing can also indicate corrupt files, or there’s a problem with the drive the game is installed on. net . Technical Support. Stuck on Initializing. Either “Initializing” or "Waiting for another download (and there is no other download). Under Background processes, find " Battle. net folder in its entirety. Wait until the lights. Configure your security software's exception list to allow Blizzard applications to run. Step 1: Go to Blizzard Battle. NET and GPU. this hasnt worked either. C:Program Files (x86)World of Warcraft. this is my setup This PC – Windows-SSD (C:) – GAMES (if you only have one drive or This PC (D:) Games if you have two drives) installed in this folder is --Battle net – World of Warcraft and a few other games. net folder. i roughly was able to reinstall the App after saying ‘Update agent went to sleep’. net launcher”. To resolve this: Click the Cogwheel icon next to the Play or Update button and choose Show in Explorer. If you want to leave a comment on whether that worked for you or not, leave the comment in that topic… not here. Why is the. Click the box for Safe Mode and then click the Network option underneath at the bottom. In the Explorer window you just opened, locate and delete the Data folder. Rename World of Warcarft folder to something else. Gummikylling-draenor November. Support Technical Support. net desktop app may resolve rare launcher issues. The download progress bar is stuck at 0 b/s. Received Wrong Amount of Bloody Tokens from PvP World Quest - Overcoming A Mountain: Krolkoth. I’ve tried restarting Battle. I’m stuck as well…. Last resort I went to my Mobile HotSpot. 1 Like. I’m having the same issue. I have tried everything I possibly can find on the internet. Hit the Windows key and R. It started couple hours ago. Jaidyn. Updated: 6 months ago Article ID: 14236 Common Problems. The update servers are unreachable. ago. Tried that, and completely uninstalled and reinstalled Bnet. It’s the same result. same here. Account, App, & Shop; World of Warcraft; Warcraft Rumble; Diablo IV; Diablo Immortal; Overwatch 2;. restarted and hardbooted. 7) Trying to update to 10. 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. post your log again. net App is stuck in a Scan & Repair loop, this usually indicates that your game data is corrupted. i cant install because im still i initializing… ive also attempted to install in a new folder. I watched the video again. WoW gets stuck on initializing when trying to update. ”World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Something else to try - there is a little downwards pointing arrow at the top of the bnet launcher. Agnass-anvilmar. If Battle. net installer. 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. SupportTechnical Support. net cache, ran as administrator, reinstalled battle. 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. 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. Start battlenet again. It seems the only fix, for me atleast, is to leave the update on initializing for 35-45 minutes, it will eventually budge. bnet just died. My guess is overloaded Blizzard servers. net, the game started to update, as usual. Deleted my World of Warcraft folder . He says that Battle. Deodu-kazzak December 9, 2022, 9:38am 618. The installation however, stops at Initializing (2145572/2145572), and then goes back to Updating after a few seconds, and then back to Initializing. Step 2. I knew I’d have to relearn spells and rotations, but tbh, this seems a lot more like a 3rd line technical. Hey Victa, For more information about this and steps you can try to resolve it, check out. Sayman-nesingwary March 9, 2021, 10:09pm #1. net app. Just came here to confirm that I was able to solve it by doing Safe Mode (with Network), and then running the install from there. Put Battle. Technical Support. I’ve turned on viewing of hidden files and deleted the Battle. net or World of Warcraft processes in the Task Manager. net as an administrator and in compatibility mode. net stuck at 0 B/s just because of lacking admin right. The “agent” is crashing my whole internet connection, does nothing. Nazwyn-terenas (Nazwyn) November 16, 2022, 7:28pm 94. Clear all app cache. 1 Like. 2 Likes. Thaelia-deathwing. net app shows that there are updates for: WoW Classic. Followed alot of tips from forum posts with similar problem. Initializing (XXX/1006) It is moving incredibly slowly for having gigabit internet and SSD storage. Earlier today, I got stuck in a never-ending scan and repair loop. 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. Force deleted everything about the game from my computer, reinstall doesn’t work. Restart the Battle. 5. 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. I can’t start WoW client directly because it’s not compatible (probably because of phase two today, it needs to update). Two possible workarounds that could help are listed below until we get this fully resolved: Try clearing the Battle. Tried restarting deleting cache folder restarting comp. net app icon and choose ‘Run as administrator’. net folder. Stuck on Initializing 0% after trying basically every solution I could find. Aerlas-magtheridon. Don't forget to backup your Interface folder, though. Update the Battle. Disable any proxies that may interfere with the login module. log file from Documents/3DMark to ul. net folder in its entirety. I was able to do an update for classic WoW, but not retail. I thought it was battle. So glad I’m not the only one. net it says Hearthstone is updating but is stuck at 0% and Initializing. Thank you for your help! comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment. Close battlenet. The_Sinful. 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. net app shows that there are updates for: WoW Classic. If your region is currently patching or undergoing maintenance there might be a known issue affecting all players. EDIT: Great stuff! Sharing links to your own forum doesn’t work, but when user copies and pastes it in the browser, the link works just fine!World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. 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. Same issue. Eat food. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. Kaotik-2758 February 13, 2020, 2:06pm 1. Your computer has had it with wow and cancelled its own subscription. I. Fix, rename etc. net app, however it is permanently stuck on Initializing. SupportTechnical Support. My Battle. The Battle. Oh sorry - it does waste my time, electricity and my mental health. Since. World of Warcraft Forums. Support Technical Support. So I have not played for years decided to download the battle. thanks so much! My frustrations are lifted. net, then end program on the blizzard updater, reopen b. Close all other applications to resolve software conflicts and free up resources. For real though, I have no clue. 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). Ways to Fix Fix World of Warcraft Update Stuck on Initializing on Windows 11 Run Blizzard App in a Selective Startup. Same here, stuck on initializing. I found I had to go and manually End Task on the Battle. Vanasmut-tichondrius. Boards. (M1 Max, running OS12. I r…open the retail folder and use the WOW Icon to get into the game. 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. Step 5. Quick update: I managed to get hands on another PC where I did a fresh install of b. 13. version. If it is downloading then it will unstuck after some time, don't interrupt it again just be patient. Troubleshooting steps when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing" Failed to Initialize Direct3D. The “agent” is crashing my whole internet connection, does nothing. This is something to do with agent I suspect as a notification did flash up briefly for it in the corner of the screen that I can’t access now to see what it was moaning about. -tried uninstalling from the battle. Switching battlenet launcher to the Beta version. Nothing works. ARTICLE: battle net just tells me the game is updating but its stuck on initializing. 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 at initializing (2127019/2127019) and then. net launcher but it wouldn’t reinstall. net Desktop Application gets stuck on Downloading New Files. AggravatingTest3760. November 14, 2023. Tried exiting and relaunching the battle. I play on a Mac. Updated: 4 months ago Article ID: 206714 Common Problems. Updated: 4 weeks ago Article ID: 13934 Product:. I have to close the client and restart it a minimum of four times to get the update to begin. -force quit battle. 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. You can close battle. Users share their solutions and experiences for downloading WoW Retail on Windows 10 or 11. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. Jeges-outland November 16, 2022, 7:03pm #45. I’ve also tried pausing and resuming with no avail and double checked there’s enough space on SSDs. Technical Support. I tried to reinstall WoW and was stuck on initializing so I uninstalled the battle net app and now I lost my authenticator and I need to update my phone number now I'm fucked to sign in. 4. net app completely, didn’t help. Oramir-alonsus November 16, 2022, 9:27pm. Start battle. . So I think the key thing here is patience. Hopefully that helps, good luck! How to fix the WoW update stuck initializing? Open the Game Install/Update section from the left pane. So after deleting all the wow folders, removing battle. Update the Battle. Thaelia-deathwing. Starting as admin is the important part. Following someone elses advice, I tried uninstalling the battle. net but the download is stuck at initializing/0% and then I get the whoops! window. Once the download actually starts in safe mode you can return to normal windows and it will get past the initializing loop. im not sure why its not connecting for wow when hearthstone, diablo etc work. 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. Thank you! You solved my issue. I have several other Battle. Nothing changes it. OS: Windows 11 (22H2) compilation: 22621. Close all Battle. Some suggest closing Steam, running as admin, or updating Windows as possible fixes. To check this is acutally works unpause your download for atleast 20MINS and check before and after folder size and check if it did increase or not. Just delete the Battle. " SupportTechnical Support. ran as. In such cases: Restart your router. Greetings all, We’ve been working to improve some of the available troubleshooting resources for our games. net is running, close it. Krugraa-argent-dawn (Krugraa) December 16, 2021, 10:03pm #3. This happens seemingly random to me, and has for months with the battle. Game update starts and then stops installing. Same problem on 2 computers. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. World of Warcraft Forums. i am completely unable to play the game, after. net, so I uninstalled and now bnet re-install is. I’ve tried all the methods for fixing it online. 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. Technical Support. you know its maintanence until 11am CEST. I'm OCE, and completely unable to patch to most recent build. 1 Like. completely exit battle net and. 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. While being stuck it also sends and downloads data at full speed, so battle. also stuck on initializing, currently at 30 minutes, really frustrating!. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. I’ve tried removing the . 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. I conducted a scan/repair thinking that might help but fell into the infinite loop instead. Occasionally, you may find your World of Warcraft update stuck on initializing because of internet connectivity issues. Trepan-archimonde November 16. Restart your computer and try the install/update now. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. net games. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. Close the task manager. Did a scan and repair but it was still stuck on initializing. r/ModernWarfareIII is a developer-recognized community focused on the title. Already try login out, login back, restarting computer. Expect at least some free game time for this. Confirmed Wow classic WOTLK is working fine. Try closing background applications to. Voodoopanda-stormscale November 16, 2022,. Also, if I go and launch each individual . That doesn’t seem to accomplish anything. LoadingAdditional comment actions. I deleted the retail folder entirely and copied the classic folder. Initializing Checking Residency. Restarting this did not work. The problem is not on my side. Ive tried everything from updating pc, uninstalling battle net, deleting temp folders. Rambush-rattlegore July 15, 2023, 12:40am #1. Stuck on Initializing. And when I come back to my pc I can press play. Right-click the Battle. It will work then. Closing processes in task manager. Stuck at initializing?Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. also manually patching agent and nothing helped even a little. net. I have fast internet and the space on the computer. Why can’t I install World of Warcraft? Try creating a new administrator account to resolve. Technical Support. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. SoM sure goona be fun. His response at the time was, “What sword? ” Well — after some important investigative journalism — it turns out there. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Game Install Stuck on Initializing. The progress bar below the Install/Update button is currently at Initializing (242/1006) with a creeping progression. Same issue here. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. Both the PTR and live versions are displaying the same problem. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Try de-instal and then cleanup hdd + register. Once you are at character select, close the first unauthenticated WoW. I cannot update wow (retail) as i get stuck in initializing. Are you having trouble with your World of Warcraft installation or update? Do you see the annoying "Initializing. exe in the game directory instead of throught the Battle. Recently, my Battle. 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. It’s always initializing and reclaiming disc sp…“@Maverick_LIVE_ Go ahead and open a ticket then. 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. I downloaded a free VPN, set my location to HK and set my login region to Asia - it started downloading after 5 or so mins. net to re-install each one. . Technical Support. Hi, When there is a wow update, the ‘initializing’ phase of the download is very slow. Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did nothing, several times. Delete the Battle.