1 Like. net. net update agent uses my full bandwidth while doing nothing. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. net cache, ran as administrator, reinstalled battle. SupportTechnical Support. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. Stuck on Initializing. That should fix it and the download should start in like 30 seconds after that. net. net shortcut on your desktop and select Properties. Trepan-archimonde November 16. Thank you! You solved my issue. 2 Common Issues. I will send you all i got from this timeline =) Oramir-alonsus November 16, 2022, 9:27pm #353. Stuck on initializing. YOUR. C:Program Files (x86)World of Warcraft. Technical Support. I have to close the client and restart it a minimum of four times to get the update to begin. net . Turn off your PC. if it still gets stuck at the social club loop. Aerlas-magtheridon. If your World of Warcraft (WoW) update is stuck on "initializing," it can be caused by various factors. this hasnt worked either. post your log again. Once you are at character select, close the first unauthenticated WoW. To figure out what is causing this, the original suggestion still stands: First start 3DMark with Steam launch option "--trace" added via right click, properties, then start using force 64bit option and send 3dmark-native. I’ve also tried pausing and resuming with no avail and double checked there’s enough space on SSDs. I did not have a WoW window up, but for some reason the process was still. Technical Support. Many players have reported this issue on the official forum and shared their possible solutions. 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). net desktop app may resolve rare launcher issues. Start the battle. That doesn’t seem to accomplish anything. 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. Wait until the lights. Once the download actually starts in safe mode you can return to normal windows and it will get past the initializing loop. Uninstalling and reinstalling the Battle. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. net app completely, didn’t help. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. Support Account My Gifts Careers Company. I was surprised there weren’t already threads about his in this support forum. net website gives you a potential fix. exe. Type msconfig. Perl-anetheron (Perl) March 9, 2021, 10:17pm #2. Launcher stuck on initializing. So after deleting all the wow folders, removing battle. Low and behold I can’t even download the game I paid for because it gets stuck in an infinite initializing loop. Follow these steps to troubleshoot the. Had the same issue on Windows 11. net launcher’s window. Re-downloaded the launcher and tried downloading again. Fix, rename etc. net App. Restart your computer to resolve problems caused by programs and services running in the background. Unplug your Modem and Router from the power source. Run the Blizzard Battle. net process in task manager and then right click > launch as administrator on battle. also manually patching agent and nothing helped even a little. msc in the search box and select System Configuration from the best match. Restarting this did not work. Stuck on scanning and repair mode - General Discussion - World of. Hi, When there is a wow update, the ‘initializing’ phase of the download is very slow. AggravatingTest3760. I repaired the client 3 times and it is still stuck in 99% Initializing for 3 hours now. We've tried restarting battle net, restarting computer, going into beta battle. Support Technical Support. SupportTechnical Support. 1 Like. exe in my folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. net, updating windows 10 optional and intel, deleting the Warcraft files multiple times. Thank you! Sometimes a simple reboot can fix stuck updates. Select Game Settings on the left of the window. Cancel reply. Or at least, that’s what fixed it for me last time it happened to me. net as admin. r/ModernWarfareIII is a developer-recognized community focused on the title. Delete the created folder and change the renamed folder to the original name. Anyone else come across this and how to work around it? Using a 14in M1 Pro MBP. 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”. 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. That did not work for me, still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. 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. Delete the Battle. This forum exists to provide support for the Blizzard Application, with a place to discuss technical issues with each other and Blizzard Tech Suppo…. 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. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. Updating 0% Initializing. Leave this window open, and alt-tab to the Battle. Did a scan and repair but it was still stuck on initializing. Once the game ran, the “Initializing” disappeared and the PLAY button lit up. Same here, stuck on initializing. Zuul-balnazzar. Occasionally, you may find your World of Warcraft update stuck on initializing because of internet connectivity issues. I’m stuck on the initialising steps. net folder and restart your Blizzard App. The installation however, stops at Initializing (2145572/2145572), and then goes back to Updating after a few seconds, and then back to Initializing. Been stuck for more than 4 hours. proxy settings. i cant install because im still i initializing… ive also attempted to install in a new folder. net install and when I go to install Classic WoW, the install starts, gets to 82. I tried restarting the client, I tried rebooting my computer. 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. Close the Blizzard launcher and then go in task manager and find the battlenet update agent and end task. Anyone else ever have an issue like this before? I think there are server issues right now. Deleting the Battle. net app icon and choose ‘Run as administrator’. Conscious_Occasion • 24 days ago. Clean up. < 1 2 3 >. Phantasticus-azuremyst November 16, 2022, 7:54pm #139. If that does not work, turn beta mode on for your b. If there's something preventing it from downloading, it may tell you why. Use 'Show in Exporer', go into retail, and double-click on Wow. Support Technical Support. Run troubleshooting for WoW download update stuck on initializing. net games. Game update starts and then stops installing. net app, however it is permanently stuck on Initializing. Battle Net gets stuck on initializing (Fix)It never goes past initializing. Update or temporarily uninstall any security programs, which may mistakenly identify the login module as a security threat. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. PC with fresh install has Windows 10. For me it is stuck at initializing. net, tried to reinstall and since then either stuck on “Updating battle. Then, press CTRL+ALT+DEL to get to your task manager, and end any process that is called AGENT. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. After that, navigate to the following path: C:ProgramDataBlizzard EntertainmentBattle. Open the Battle. Navigate to the Services tab and check the Hide all Microsoft services. 2. Followed alot of tips from forum posts with similar problem. Here’s how to fix your screen freezing in the loading men in World of Warcraft: The battle. Been stuck on initializing for over an hour. Got better things to do. Emeldavi-tichondrius. Any suggestion on how to fix would. Victa-ashbringer March 27, 2021, 3:03am 1. Deleted the files, uninstalled the launcher. I cannot update wow (retail) as i get stuck in initializing. net desktop app and update the game to see if the issue persists. secondary logon. 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. While being stuck it also sends and downloads data at full speed, so battle. It should say Install instead of Play. Thought they would’ve made some improvements. net. Low and behold I can’t even download the game I paid for because it gets stuck in an infinite initializing loop. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Are many others having this problem? Battle net launcher seams stuck on updating… just spinning at Initializing 0%. Are you having trouble with your World of Warcraft installation or update? Do you see the annoying "Initializing. Missing Gnomelia and/or Hearthstone Card Back After Defeating Hogger. net client, and then try the above steps again. net or World of Warcraft processes in the Task Manager. battle. It can repair corrupted files fix errors in the game’s database and even reset addons and keybindings. net users are stuck at 1 percent when they update or install the app. IF it D. To resolve this: Click the Cogwheel icon next to the Play or Update button and choose Show in Explorer. Delete the Cache folder. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. Once the game ran, the “Initializing” disappeared and the PLAY button lit up. Try logging out of the Battle. Sometimes Battle. Account, App, & Shop; World of Warcraft; Warcraft Rumble; Diablo IV; Diablo Immortal; Overwatch 2;. Comments are on moderation and will be approved in a timely manner. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. Updated Windows 10, . Wonder if this is somehow related to the fact that OW2 queue times are very very long (40k users). Etzzy-doomhammer January 27, 2020, 6:22pm #4. 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. None of my friends have this issue. I even did a clean install of everything and still nothing. 33. And yes my drivers are up to date. After that, navigate to the following path: C :\ ProgramData \ Blizzard Entertainment \ Battle. I. The_Fluffy_Baron. I’ve disabled my firewall. net Agent". Been stuck on 94% with initializing for the newest update for WoW, this has been happening since yesterday when the patch was launched. WoW will launch without your BNet login. Sometimes a simple reboot can fix stuck updates. Game update starts and then stops installing. i roughly was able to reinstall the App after saying ‘Update agent went to sleep’. Step 1. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. WoW will launch without your BNet login. And every time it gets to this number it. Tyrskorn-2108 March 27, 2021, 8:43am 2. 33. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game on Battle. Have already restarted my PC and tried to pause/restart the update. deleting battle. I have tried all steps to fix it, but nothing works…. Thought they would’ve made some improvements. Misstps-mograine November 16, 2022, 7:45am #8. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. When I run 'ipconfig /flushdns' to flush the local DNS cache and watch my PiHole, I see a request for us. Same here, stuck on initializing. Nallianah-wyrmrest-accord. And when I come back to my pc I can press play. It is now stuck on "Applying Updates 0%". Terrko-burning-legion November 16, 2022, 7:21pm #79. Clearing Battle. 14. Already try login out, login back, restarting computer. 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. It doesn’t move. net Desktop App; Update or. Then try wow again. I even did a clean install of everything and still nothing. Technical Support. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to bring up the Task Manager. 13. Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialogue. Cook food. Installed Battle. Your computer has had it with wow and cancelled its own subscription. all other games work fine, just not wow. Update 2: Finally got past the indexes… but the download speed of the game is atrocious at 2. net and the download seems to continuously get stuck on 'Initializing', making no progress. 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. Technical Support. After that, navigate to the following path: C : ProgramData Blizzard Entertainment Battle. Jeges-outland November 16, 2022, 7:03pm #45. Revert the folder name change. Desktop App Tech Support. :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” 🙃Best. 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. This helped fixing my “running an other update” notification, but sadly stuck at “initializing” right after. Having the same problem for the last 20 minutes now…. Technical Support. I watched the video again. I started experiencing this issue a few hours ago after being spammed with lua errors in-game with no addons enabled. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Type msconfig. The Repair Tool will scan your game files and attempt to fix any problems it finds. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Voodoopanda-stormscale November 16, 2022,. SoM sure goona be fun. net, the game started to update, as usual. 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 client right? Dèschanel-stormrage July 11, 2023, 11:45pm #3. Nowaqu-burning-legion November 16, 2022, 7:57pm #144. Net Launcher somehow lost the location of all of my games. Camuz-golemagg November 16, 2022,. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. it probably looked something like this. What a mess. Technical Support. C:Program Files (x86)World Of Warcraft_retail_. World of Warcraft ForumsI have been trying to install retail WoW all evening, and the battle. Emeldavi-tichondrius. net. 3 Likes. Look for any battle. I can’t start WoW client directly because it’s not compatible (probably because of phase two today, it. Run as Admin. Having the same problem for the last 20 minutes now…. The problem is not on my side. Hello everyone i installed WOW classic a month ago and everything was running smooth till about a week ago on the battle. So far nothing has worked. NET. Open Task Manager. 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. Chromie-ahnqiraj November 16, 2022, 9:26pm #352. net app completely, didn’t help. I've followed every step I possibly could, and still. 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. And just a note: it's a hidden folder, so you need to set it so you can view, or just type in C:ProgramData. Troubleshooting steps for when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing"Initializing loop. 2 Likes. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same. Camuz-golemagg November 16, 2022, 7:21pm #78. net update agent in task manager before it would work to reopen and start the patch successfully. exe in my retail folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. Make sure your firewall or antivirus isn’t blocking Battle. Nánu-tichondrius July 11, 2023, 8:37pm #2. Technical Support. It started couple hours ago. Open the Battle. net, uninstalled Battle. Closed my Antivirus. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. My current speed test shows 300mbit+ and another game downloaded just a bit earlier at 40mb/s. I’m having the same issue. Press the Reset In-Game Options button to confirm. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. World of Warcraft Forums Support Technical Support. Sheqz-tarren-mill November 16, 2022,. Initializing is taking forever. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. 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 am unable to download the new patch and am stuck on initializing I have already restarted my entire pc. net. Support Technical Support. My current speed test shows 300mbit+ and another game downloaded just a bit earlier at 40mb/s. I’ve also tried pausing and resuming with no avail and double checked there’s enough space on. Run Battle. Already ran as Admin, renamed folders, flushed DNS…. Click on dropdown down arrow on the top left corner. Game Install Stuck on Initializing. 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. I was surprised there weren’t already threads about his in this. Zuul-balnazzar November 16, 2022, 6:55pm #33. For whatever reason Overwatch is stuck updating itself, it just says “Initializing…”. Checked folder permissions over the wow folder including rechecking the files within the directory. Silvansaria-nordrassil. Then went into the retail folder and deleted everything while it was still in this state. Same here, stuck on initializing. 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, . Jaidyn. I’ve been having this issue since trying to install on my macbook last night, and wanted to outline everything. Disconnected When Leaving Garrison. Just navigate to where your WoW installation is (usually C:Program FilesWorld of Warcraft) and delete those three folders. 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. Darkseid-burning-legion November 16, 2022, 7:30pm #102. Fix, rename etc. Running windows 10. Technical Support. Technical Support. After I exited retail wow again it’s just gone straight back to. ARTICLE: battle net just tells me the game is updating but its stuck on initializing. net. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. Close the task manager. Same also, for PTR, and all versions of wow. just gets stuck. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. 2. To use the Repair Tool first open the game and log in. I’ve also tried pausing the WoW updates to allow the desktop application to finish, but with no luck. GOOD LUCK. Greetings, My Battle. i ended the update agent task in the task manager. Eat food. 1 Like. Disable all the background apps and close the other running apps other than WoW on your PC. net Launcher and attempt the installation again. November 14, 2023. The app is stuck on “Updating”, with WoW Classic at 0%, PTR at 83%, and retail WoW at 0%. 1 Like. So far I´ve tried: Exit the app and launch it again. net app shows that there are updates for: WoW Classic. Eat food. Technical Support. Follow same steps to turn Safe mode off and boot back normally. Recently, my Battle. Many connection issues including slow bandwidth, BNS cache, unstable Internet can trigger the Blizzard app stuck on initializing. Why is the. completely exit battle net and. World of Warcraft ⚡ Guardians of the Dream - Common Issues Waiting on Another Installation or Update. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. net and update the game to see if the issue persists. 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. 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. net application. net folder in its entirety. Have tried stopping all the battle. In the World of WarCraft Info box, go to the Sharing & Permissions section. 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. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. 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.