Sayman-nesingwary March 9, 2021, 10:09pm #1. Delete the Cache folder. Been stuck for more than 4 hours. -redownload a fresh battle. net, updating windows 10 optional and intel, deleting the Warcraft files multiple times. 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. net application. Nothing works. net and the download seems to continuously get stuck on 'Initializing', making no progress. Delfi-frostwhisper November 16, 2022, 5:52pm #14. Fix, rename etc. You almost certainly don’t, and it just takes a while to get. 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. It will work then. Hexenmeíster-amanthul November 16, 2022, 7:06pm #49. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. net app installation is doing the same thing: getting stuck on the Updating function. Are you stuck on initializing when trying to update or launch World of Warcraft? You are not alone. net app and re open it or when I quit WoW (no matter which version) - Retail, TBC and Classic keeps updating. net, Blizzard, and/or Blizzard Entertainment folders in the Windows temporary file locations below. Clearing the Battle. net Update Agent" or something similar, and end the task. Troubleshooting steps when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing" Failed to Initialize Direct3D. The battle net just tells me the game is updating but its stuck on initializing. It’s always initializing and reclaiming disc space. World of Warcraft Forums Game Install Stuck on Initializing. I was just wondering if anyone was experiencing the same issue this morning before I create a support ticket. Loading I have the same problem, been waiting for over an hour now on initializing. New comments cannot be posted. Restarting this did not work. Support 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. net app, however it is permanently stuck on Initializing. 2 Likes. net’s scan and repair tool. 3. i have uninstalled both wow and battlenet. i cant install because im still i initializing… ive also attempted to install in a new folder. exe,. And now, finally, I removed everything related to BattleNet, Blizzard, and World of Warcraft and started a new fresh install. Updated: 3 weeks ago Article ID: 13934. Technical Support. Delete the Battle. 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. exe in my folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. Support Technical Support. Uninstalling and reinstalling the Battle. Rule Out Internet Issues. net again. . Recently, my Battle. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15,. What more can we even attempt?SOLUTION: I ran the Wow. Sometimes, killing the update in the task manager and. I guess the interim fix for now is to just run the exe and log in manually. Baradûr-draenor. I know global. his account wont install dragonflight. net and try updating World of Warcraft again. My Battle. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15,. 18423. Then press the Esc key to open the Game Menu. The progress bars do not progress at all, stuck on “…Initializing”. Click on This PC (Windows 10) and open the system partition C. net install and when I go to install Classic WoW, the install starts, gets to 82. Camuz-golemagg November 16, 2022,. Restarted client, restarted PC. stuck on initializing or about 30mins only few hours before wotlk release , such a stressful experience. It doesn’t move. Following someone elses advice, I tried uninstalling the battle. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same … Common Problems. Expect at least some free game time for this. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Jambrix November 16, 2022, 9:43pm #37. I'm trying to install on macOS Ventura 13. Silvansaria-nordrassil. Now, when the scan completes, it immediately begins a new scan. Reinstall the Battle. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. Then select World of Warcraft, and click its Reset In-Game options button. net folder. ago. Make sure your firewall or antivirus isn’t blocking Battle. net app. What a mess. Updated:. Every time I close Battle. Me too. Delete the Battle. (Don’t enter with your id and password) Step 4: Download WoW with your regions. Restarted my PC and was able to start up wow just fine. World of Warcraft ⚡ Guardians of the Dream - Common Issues CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. For me it solved the problem I had download also stuck at initialising 2 times and simply pausing and restarting fixed it for me. net app completely, didn’t help. net. Close all Battle. Just delete the Battle. SjurEido. I have tried everything I possibly can find on the internet. I assumed maybe it didn’t like my D drive, so i went to my C. ŶŦǶNyŦǑP5-1100 December 15, 2020, 3:34pm #1. 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. 2 Common Issues. Within this directory just delete the folder named Battle. I was surprised there weren’t already threads about his in this support forum. 2 Common Issues Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Open Task Manager. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. Same, been nearly an hour now with zero movement. Wrathofevil-1493 January 8, 2023, 6:19am #1. Press Command + I. yea same thing here spent all day in the Emergency room and came home to my game as broken as I am. Initializing (XXX/1006) It is moving incredibly slowly for having gigabit internet and SSD storage. deleting battle. ran as admin, uninstalled. ago. January 6, 2023. I’ve gone into Task Manager and killed all Blizzard. Leaf-azuremyst November 16, 2022,. Under the General tab, select Selective startup. 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. I am trying to install World of Warcraft. See full list on makeuseof. To fix the WoW stuck on loading screen issue, you can try to edit the configuration file. After that, I restarted my PC and tried installing World of Warcraft again. Worked for me when stuck in the battlenet app. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. Krugraa-argent-dawn (Krugraa) December 16, 2021, 10:03pm #3. Wait for a minute then plug your modem and router back into the power source. net folder and restart your Blizzard App. net agent is continuously crashing and restarting the “initializing” step of the download. Changing region. A fresh install of Bnet and WoW has done nothing. Start battle. Hibb-tichondrius August 26, 2020, 6:25pm #1. Tried restarting PC, reinstalling bnet, repair client, clean registers, try to set game folder to full. I’ve tried restarting Battle. I managed to fix the issue by completely uninstalling World of Warcraft and the battlenet app. Scan and Repair didn’t do anything either, got stuck just the same as Updating. Usually a restart of the client or my pc will fix it. I have been trying to install retail WoW all evening, and the 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. Deleting these files is perfectly safe and won't harm your system in any way. Technical Support. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. net. 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”. Renamed the copy to retail and relaunched battlenet as admin. I was able to resolve this issue using a VPN, setting my location to Hong Kong. From here select “Support” then “Repair Tool”. net app, and then click Exit. And. When I started the Battle. Press the Battle. Can't install the game, the download is stuck. It’s always initializing and reclaiming disc sp…Jinji-whisperwind July 11, 2023, 8:31pm #1. net launcher Close any process related to Steam and Discord Temporarily disable anti-virus/malware (in my case I disabled. Click on dropdown down arrow on the top left corner. Pekins-firemaw November 15, 2022, 6:37pm #1. In the Processes tab, end all processes related to the Blizzard app. I have uninstalled battlenet and all games, deleted all folders, even the hidden ones. Start battle. 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. The “agent” is crashing my whole internet connection, does nothing. WoW download stuck on "initializing". net is closed, along with any other World of Warcraft of proprietary processes in the Task Manager. I’ve turned on viewing of hidden files and deleted the Battle. • Next (before re-installing) let’s delete any Battle. I recently uninstalled it to make room for another game. In the World of WarCraft Info box, go to the Sharing & Permissions section. 7. Restarted bnet. Technical Support. Not working here “Initializing” Tried all the tricks here. World of Warcraft Forums Stuck on initialising. net app and install the program till you get to the initialization loop. Oh. Trepan-archimonde November 16. Jeges-outland November 16, 2022, 6:59pm #38. At least it worked for me. Blizzard had absolutely no say in when the warzone update released. I’ve tried: Other games update and download without issues. Fixes I’ve tried:. 1 Like. Was there ever an actual fix for this? I have tried literally all of the tier one stuff Blizz. Step 3. Low and behold I can’t even download the game I paid for because it gets stuck in an infinite initializing loop. 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. Either “Initializing” or "Waiting for another download (and there is no other download) Giving up for the night. net Desktop app. Unable to Gain. net app > Select WoW to install > Stuck on Initializing (2203048/2203048)… I’ve routed through my neighbor’s network and the same results. Scan and repair doesn’t work either. Updated: 4 months ago Article ID: 206714 Common Problems. Battlenet is the go-to client if you want to play big title games like Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, World of Warcraft, etc. Anyone know what can be done about this? Pausing the update just makes the launcher think there’s ANOTHER update. His response at the time was, “What sword? ” Well — after some important investigative journalism — it turns out there. net full disk access, making sure there was no world of warcraft folder in applications, AND restarting, it worked!Just delete the Battle. 56 Likes. FIX. go to the Boot tab. The game won’t even install, it is stuck on update/initializing loop. Delete the Battle. I have been trying to install retail WoW all evening, and the battle. I'm trying to install WoW but the installer hangs at the start. That doesn’t seem to accomplish anything. You have tried everything, so I doubt these are new, but it helped me: Turn the computer off, unplug it for 30. net launcher, and started re-installing wotlk. 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”. Loading. 01) upvotes r/kde. Dartanin-ghostlands. Select the Compatibility tab. Féyre-burning-blade November 16, 2022, 9:21pm. Follow these steps to troubleshoot the. Supersalv • 10 mo. I've followed every step I possibly could, and still. fresh download, goes initializing and then gets thru the first series of indices then… goes back to initializing, we’ve tried everything… Reducing logins by making sure people can’t launch the game is a bold strategy. " SupportTechnical Support. I started experiencing this issue a few hours ago after being spammed with lua errors in-game with no addons enabled. If you don’t see all 3 folders in each. And now, finally, I removed everything related to BattleNet, Blizzard, and World of Warcraft and started a new fresh install. msc in the search box and. I’d like to report that I can’t download WoW. Technical Support. Thought they would’ve made some improvements after OW2’s. 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. Stuck on "Initializing. See, you got it half right. Evoker Level 70 Boost Gear Reverting From 424 to 414. Etzzy-doomhammer January 27, 2020, 6:22pm #4. net, Blizzard, and/or Blizzard Entertainment folders in the Windows temporary file locations below. Click OK and Restart your Steam. 🤔 ( I have. Once the game ran, the “Initializing” disappeared and the PLAY button lit up. net app shows that there are updates for: WoW Classic. net App. Brownpaw-draenor November 16, 2022,. Check BIOS settings for World of Warcraft. Hearthstone is stuck waiting for something else to update. net. World of Warcraft ⚡ Guardians of the Dream - Common Issues Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Shakazdi-wyrmrest-accord October 6, 2022, 1:03am 1. im not sure why its not connecting for. -tried uninstalling from the battle. At some point, instead of “Updating”, the blue button will say “Update” (this happens every 30 seconds or something like that). 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. We recently upgraded to Window’s 11 and had issues with WOW, so we uninstalled it figuring it was corrupt. net, so I uninstalled and now bnet re-install is stuck on 0% for a few hours. Have tried stopping all the battle. net update agent” from there. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. 3 So I clicked on View all patch notes to see something that is actually from shadowlands. You don't have two big updates on the same day. I have restarted the application. currently trying an failing to get the beta for Dragon flight to install just stuck and has been for the last hour, already tried. Type msconfig. 7) Trying to update to 10. 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. So the launcher seems to be stuck at initializing the update, taking what seems far too long to update WoW. Download Stuck on 0% initializing. I’ve tried everything recommended except reinstalling bnet launcher. The problem is not on my side. Updated Windows 10, . Hit the Windows key and R. Supersalv • 10 mo. Windows. Last resort I went to my Mobile HotSpot. net, updating windows 10 optional and intel, deleting the Warcraft files multiple times. Support Account My Gifts Careers Company. IP Release, Renew, and Flush DNS. The Battle. But it is stuck at "initializing", no matter what I do. Pretty sure this must be a bug in their software at this stage. Now, I still cant buy gems or missives of the AH. I play on a Mac. Have already restarted my PC and tried to pause/restart the update. Same with everyone in my guild. Selecting Properties from the list. :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” 🙃I thought it was battle. 2 Likes. Turn off your PC. Their issue that they need to fix. Download stuck on the "Updating Battle. Game Install or Update Stuck at 0 B/s. Technical Support. If I try again, it keeps failing. reinstalling WoW with partial deletion of the data files. cleared caches. 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. Things i have tried so far that I have seen recommended on the internet: • Closing Discord during installation. Also stuck on waiting for download. Sometimes fetching download manifest. Support Account My Gifts Careers Company. Disconnected When Leaving Garrison. The Battle. Can't install the game, the download is stuck. Once the game ran, the “Initializing” disappeared and the PLAY button lit up. Be patient guys, Blizzard is a small indie company with very limited resources. Something like, battle. Restart your computer to resolve problems caused by programs and services running in the background. try to repair Battle. Share Sort by: Best. Danelliah-silvermoon November 16, 2022, 7:08am 4. 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. Support. The download progress bar is stuck at 0 b/s. Edit: Scan and repair seems to have fixed it for now. Close the task manager. net app > Select WoW to install > Stuck on Initializing (2203048/2203048)… I’ve routed through my neighbor’s network and the same results. General Discussion. Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did nothing, several times. Close battle. Close the World of Warcraft tab if it’s open. Femfatale-haomarush. Support Account My Gifts Careers Company. Installed bnet and then tried to. Or at least, that’s what fixed it for me last time it happened to me. 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, . I play on a Mac. i have uninstalled both wow and battlenet. If I try again, it keeps failing. -redownload a fresh battle. If I pause and resume it gets stuck on waiting on another update, despite being the only battlenet-game on the computer. How to fix the WoW update stuck initializing? Uncheck the ”Load startup items” box. This resolved this issue for me. net, Blizzard, and/or Blizzard Entertainment folders in the Windows temporary file locations below. net as admin. On the other hand, if you’re still stuck at the initializing screen, make sure to move on. Click the Blizzard icon at the top left part of the screen and choose Settings from the dropdown menu. Fixes I’ve tried:. Under Background processes, find " Battle. Still stuck on initializing. ALL OTHER GAMES ARE INSTALLING CORRECTLY. im not the only one then? 5 Likes. 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. Already submitted 3 bug reports through the battle. 270. After a few seconds it. Any help on this from the tech savvy would be appreciated. NET and GPU. My current speed test shows 300mbit+ and another game downloaded just a bit earlier at 40mb/s. I’ve turned on viewing of hidden files and deleted the Battle. I bought Dragonflight for my friend however when he's trying to install World of Warcraft, it is stuck initializing forever at 2145571 / 2145571 . 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. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. Pointyënd-ashkandi July 13, 2023, 8:53am #1. Force Stop Blizzard. Windows applied an update last week and since then haven’t been able to log in or update WoW. So far, the game seems a lot more technical than I remember. NET. YOUR. switching to beta, giving battle. Click on the Disable all and then OK to confirm changes. Continues to sit on (2203048/2203048) It is strange that it’s the same issue on all 3 of my machines. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. I had to go in and relocate each of them and it was fine, except for World of Warcraft. Turn on your. com. It seems the only fix, for me atleast, is to leave the update on initializing for 35-45 minutes, it will eventually budge. 2. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. Restarted bnet. 2 Common Issues Subject. I tried running Battle. Nothing changes it. Delete the Battle. Follow same steps to turn Safe mode off and boot back normally. I’m stuck on the initialising steps. I came home from work one hour earlier than usual just to be stuck in Updating. In most cases, we find that “Initializing…” getting stuck is typically caused by a conflicting third-party program, damaged/corrupted local Battle. Sometimes fetching download manifest. Support Technical Support. Same here, stuck on initializing. 14. Up to two hours before the download starts. ” I have tried causing the downloader to “start this update now” but that has no effect. Same here, stuck on initializing. Killsalot-firemaw September 26, 2022, 7:54pm 2. Open comment sort options. Same issue for me: Intitializing (367/367 Bytes) and it just hangs there. Nazwyn-terenas (Nazwyn) November 16, 2022, 7:28pm 94. Returning to the game and also getting this issue. net processes, restarting, etc.