ŶŦǶNyŦǑP5-1100 December 15, 2020, 3:34pm #1. 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. Technical Support. reinstalling WoW with partial deletion of the data files. msc in the search box and. Click settings. For all people curious on how to fix this, the answer MIGHT be to just give it time. If Battle. < 1 2 3 >. Certain permissions and features can only be accessed if you have granted admin rights to the World of Warcraft game. Technical Support. Greetings, My Battle. Kaotik-2758 February 13, 2020, 2:06pm 1. net and blizzard folders. net to re-install each one. The launcher is stuck on innitialising. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. However, I now have access to the game. Then press the Esc key to open the Game Menu. Sheqz-tarren-mill November 16, 2022,. ago. net button at the top left of the Battle. In the launcher settings, set max concurrent connections to 5, and set the max download speed to something a little below what your connection is capable of. Both the PTR and live versions are displaying the same problem. Follow same steps to turn Safe mode off and boot back normally. Mine is stuck on Initializing (452/452 bytes) and just doesnt budge. net or World of Warcraft processes in the Task Manager. November 14, 2023. Desktop App Tech Support. Be patient guys, Blizzard is a small indie company with very limited resources. Xee-draenor March 27, 2023, 9:52pm 1. Restarting the PC. That doesn’t seem to accomplish anything. Didn’t do anything. thanks so much! My frustrations are lifted. I’m stuck as well…. NET. Thelight-darkspear. Ways to Fix Fix World of Warcraft Update Stuck on Initializing on Windows 11 Run Blizzard App in a Selective Startup. i have uninstalled both wow and battlenet. patch. ahh ok, im still stuck at 0% initializing . I need to be in that queue! I tried posting this in the Bug report forum but i dont see a way to create a topic. I tried running Battle. net App. IF it D. Updated: 4 weeks ago Article ID: 13934 Product:. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. secondary logon. However, it refuses to update the game and remains stuck on. Type msconfig. My Battle. It needs 16gb of free storage to download the patch. Then on relaunch of bnet it said update, I clicked, it did a scan, and failed at 100%. Click the Settings menu option. " SupportTechnical Support. Select the World of WarCraft folder. In the “Host” field, enter “ us. ran as. net window. Try creating a new user account on Windows, and add it to. Launcher stuck on initializing. Then select World of Warcraft, and click its Reset In-Game options button. Was there ever an actual fix for this? I have tried literally all of the tier one stuff Blizz. net agent is continuously crashing and restarting the “initializing” step of the download. net app, but now Im on 0% for installing battle. I've done some browsing forums and stuff for similar issues in the past, have tried killing update agent and restarting, completely rebooting, there was some recommendations for updating windows to the most recent version, which was done last night. Pwnmode-mograine October 6, 2022, 3:11am #6. Click the box for Safe Mode and then click the Network option underneath at the bottom. Jalkoth-blades-edge November 9, 2022, 6:34am #1. r/starcitizen. Either “Initializing” or "Waiting for another download (and there is no other download). World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. net app shows that there are updates for: WoW Classic. No matter which one I have it work on, the Update gets stuck on “Initializing” at 0% and won’t. Kranox-mazrigos. The game will not be updating; click Play. My Tickets. Restarted my computer. Same issue. Meneshá-argent-dawn November 16, 2022,. Instead of using a wireless connection, use a physical LAN. I’ve also tried pausing the WoW updates to allow the desktop application to finish, but with no luck. 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. Same here, stuck on initializing. Gummikylling-draenor November. After that, navigate to the following path: C:ProgramDataBlizzard EntertainmentBattle. net or WoW processes sitting in the background via your task manager. Conscious_Occasion • 24 days ago. Jeges-outland November 16, 2022, 7:03pm #45. Run the Blizzard Battle. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Thought they would’ve made some improvements. Are many others having this problem? Windows. Any suggestion on how to fix would. Every time I close Battle. AggravatingTest3760. 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. Thank you! You solved my issue. Boot into Safemode. 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. I had the same issue a few days ago and I fixed it by launching the game through wow. Have already restarted my PC and tried to pause/restart the update. net. net stuck at 0 B/s just because of lacking admin right. Restarting the PC. This is what fixed it for me. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Right-click the Battle. Waiting on another installation, doesn’t work. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. thought it was just me… gave up and uninstalled - now I can’t reinstall. 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. net . 270. same issue, in the battle. This worked for me as well, thanks. Support Technical Support. Did a scan and repair but it was still stuck on initializing. This is likely causing the stuck on initializing for most players right now (though getting stuck at this stage may be caused by other issues outside of the current CDN. Restarted my PC and was able to start up wow just fine. catflapps. Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did nothing, several times. Been stuck for over 30min like this now. Here are some possible reasons and troubleshooting steps you can try: Network Issues: Poor or unstable internet connection can cause the update to. 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 alone for hours. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. World of Warcraft Forums. In the Processes tab, end all processes related to the Blizzard app. 14. Stuck on initializing, every update. Delete the Battle. 2 Likes. Completely delete the battlenet folder with its files in C:ProgramData. The download progress bar is stuck at 0 b/s. If it's stuck saying it's initializing, I'd suspect a permissions problem somewhere still. 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. net desktop app. And every time it gets to this number it. This happens seemingly random to me, and has for months with the battle. 2 Likes. For some reason, WOW stays stuck initializing. Already ran as Admin, renamed folders, flushed DNS…. Start battlenet. If that does not work, turn beta mode on for your b. Force deleted everything about the game from my computer, reinstall doesn’t work. Uninstall doesn’t work. Stuck on initializing screen and. Step 3 of the link worked for me. Scan and repair doesn’t work either. Same issue here, tried restarting pc back to initializing. It will work then. Oramir-alonsus November 16, 2022, 9:27pm. YOUR. Can't install the game, the download is stuck. Show more. Tick the checkbox for Hidden items, and click on the Program Data folder. Today I wanted to play WoW. (Don’t enter with your id and password) Step 4: Download WoW with your regions. So I have not played for years decided to download the battle. Stuck on initializing. Disconnected When Leaving Garrison. Start the test and launch the Battle. Running windows 10. Why is the. And as a lot of players have come back, it is a bit busy, but in general these things will get fixed quite quick. Rename World of Warcarft folder to something else. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. I used fix and repair and that failed. Stuck on "Initializing. Cancel reply. net folder in its entirety. net Launcher. We've tried restarting battle net, restarting computer, going into beta battle. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is a 2023 first-person shooter video game primarily developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. Cannot update wow at all. 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. 8 MB in the Initialization phase, and then stops and switches to Updating. Stuck on Initializing/Waiting on another update - Technical Support. Scan and Repair didn’t do anything either, got stuck just the same as Updating. 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. I have opened a ticket with blizzard but response time via email is not the best. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. I've followed every step I possibly could, and still. go to the Boot tab. World of Warcraft addon managers can prevent Agent from updating game files. Stuck on Initializing. Net Launcher somehow lost the location of all of my games. ALL OTHER GAMES ARE INSTALLING CORRECTLY. Initializing (XXX/1006) It is moving incredibly slowly for having gigabit internet and SSD storage. Scan & repair files, uninstalled wow and downloaded again as well the battle. Uninstall Battle. Press the Battle. Open Task Manager. net launcher keeps showing “Updating” and “Initializing”… and 0% completion. cleared caches. If there is no maintenance in your region follow the steps below to resolve this. I can’t get past the “initializing” stage to start the. 2. So glad I’m not the only one. World of Warcraft ForumsI have been trying to install retail WoW all evening, and the battle. I have deleted Battle. I have rebooted the. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. I’ve tried: Other games update and download without issues. Every single time WoW has an update, no matter how small, I get stuck on initializing. net launcher and download the game before buying sub and the game is stuck on initializing, this is a fresh clean install on a new PC since I last played. I’m stuck on the initialising steps. Same problem on 2 computers. Type msconfig. the Battle net and World of Warcraft works best if they are installed in the same folder. It doesn’t move. i have tried uninstalling wow retail, wow classic, and wow ptr and reinstalling wow retail. Im at a loss on what to do. net users are stuck at 1 percent when they update or install the app. Run troubleshooting for WoW download update stuck on initializing. well thats weird, launching the wow. Run Battle. Alex470 • 1 yr. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Please help, this is beyond. Been stuck on initializing for over an hour. Having the same problem for the last 20 minutes now…. Followed alot of tips from forum posts with similar problem. Phantasticus-azuremyst November 16, 2022, 7:54pm #139. Just unistall the game, then stop. Once the download actually starts in safe mode you can return to normal windows and it will get past the initializing loop. net, tried to reinstall and since then either stuck on “Updating battle. Been stuck on 94% with initializing for the newest update for WoW, this has been happening since yesterday when the patch was launched. World of Warcraft. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. For real though, I have no clue. The problem is not on my side. Stuck on Initializing. For real though, I have no clue. 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. The installation however, stops at Initializing (2145572/2145572), and then goes back to Updating after a few seconds, and then back to Initializing. version. Users share their solutions and experiences for downloading WoW Retail on Windows 10 or 11. Showing 1 - 15 of 39 comments. net again. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. Check for Firewall/Antivirus Blocking. Revert the folder name change. Yeah, mine is stuck as well. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. Updated: 3 weeks ago Article ID: 13934. Having the same problem for the last 20 minutes now…. net Agent". You can do that here: ^JH”World of Warcraft Forums [Main Thread] Download Stuck on 0% initializing then BLZBNTAG0000138F. 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. Login to Battle. Follow these steps to troubleshoot the. net App and wait for any updates to. This hasn’t worked for me. 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 cache. Please read the following rules before commenting: All comments must be on topic and add something of substance to the post;I bought Dragonflight for my friend however when he's trying to install World of Warcraft, it is stuck initializing forever at 2145571 / 2145571 . Fix, rename etc. Otherwise I've pulled my hair out about. Close the task manager. -redownload a fresh battle. Couldnt get past initializing update until i did this. Turn off your PC. It doesn’t move. go to the Boot tab. After a few seconds it. After 2 hours being stuck, I installed Windscribe too, used “New York - Empire” position, and it worked without any issue, i’m in game right now. World of Warcraft Forums. SupportTechnical Support. I have restarted the application. Delete the Cache folder. Troubleshooting steps when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing" Failed to Initialize Direct3D. Try plugging your computer directly into your modem. If I leave it up and try to let the client figure itself out, it'll sit there doing nothing for hours. If your World of Warcraft (WoW) update is stuck on "initializing," it can be caused by various factors. Trepan-archimonde November 16. My guess is overloaded Blizzard servers. The progress bar below the Install/Update button is currently at Initializing (242/1006) with a creeping progression. All subsequent reattempts and repairs always failed with the “whoops. TravelingGleeman •. Nerd-argent-dawn November 16, 2022, 8:17pm #181. Try uninstalling ALL versions of WoW (Classic, Wrath, and Dragonflight) through the Battle. Technical Support. net launcher’s window. Shakazdi-wyrmrest-accord October 6, 2022, 1:03am 1. net launcher. It’s the same result. I had WotLK and retail installed but it still could not locate either one even after manually pointing it at the file location. But it is stuck at "initializing", no matter what I do. net App. I can’t start WoW client directly because it’s not compatible (probably because of phase two today, it. cleared caches. net. I've now completely uninstalled everything from my Battle. I managed to fix the issue by completely uninstalling World of Warcraft and the battlenet app. Dezyy-hellfire November 16, 2022, 7:54pm #138. minnesotaHunter (Topic Creator) 11 years ago #3. The progress bars do not progress at all, stuck on “…Initializing”. WoW gets stuck on initializing when trying to update. net app and install the program till you get to the initialization loop. ran as admin, uninstalled. Open Battle. When there is a wow update, the ‘initializing’ phase of the download is very slow. Net, deleted everything related to WoW and WotLK Classic and Battle. At some point, instead of “Updating”, the blue button will say “Update” (this happens every 30 seconds or something like that). -tried uninstalling from the battle. net Tools folder to automatically rebuild outdated or corrupt files. Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialogue. Stuck on Initializing. Clearing Battle. Kill the battle. Chandrah-magtheridon November 16, 2022, 9:28pmWorld of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. Wait for a minute then plug your modem and router back into the power source. I cannot update wow (retail) as i get stuck in initializing. Open Task Manager. Starting as admin is the important part. Close other applications (Steam, etc) Switched to Google's DNS. 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. Delete the Battle. Technical Support. While being stuck it also sends and downloads data at full speed, so battle. Try turning off auto updates in bnet, force quit the launcher and updater in task manager and then try to manually update. net Launcher. net launcher but it wouldn’t reinstall. . net, updating windows 10 optional and intel, deleting the Warcraft files multiple times. 33. Scan and repair, doesn’t work. 33. I’ll have to wait, I guess. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment Jobinstein • Additional comment actions. The problem is not on my side. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. Stuck on Initializing. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. Been sat for ages waiting to update, thought I was going insane. Within this directory just delete the folder named Battle. restarted and hardbooted. Zuul-balnazzar. Our team is already on the case working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. net. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. That doesn’t seem to accomplish anything. Having the same problem for the last 20 minutes now…. mine aswell starting downloading the game a minute ago but has gone back to the initializing. Nothing works. Use 'Show in Exporer', go into retail, and double-click on Wow. If the Battle. 3. Installed bnet and then tried to. Its nice that blizz “does not. If anybody has this problem, open task manager and end the task "Agent". Your servers are gonna be incompatible so don’t waste your time trying it. Earlier today, I got stuck in a never-ending scan and repair loop. I have tried restarting my pc, disabling the firewall and running as admin there has been no joy still stuck on initializing. I was surprised there weren’t already threads about his in this support forum. Wait for the update. 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. Step 3: Click the Done button from the bottom right corner to save the settings. Turned off my anti-virus and firewall, cleared battle. It’s stuck on Initializing. I have also tried repairing my game and still no joy : (. Some suggest closing Steam, running as admin, or updating Windows as possible fixes. If I uninstall battle. net app > Select WoW to install > Stuck on Initializing (2203048/2203048)… I’ve routed through my neighbor’s network and the same results. When I run 'ipconfig /flushdns' to flush the local DNS cache and watch my PiHole, I see a request for us. Disable any proxies that may interfere with the login module. Fix, rename etc. The_Sinful. EDIT: Looks like when you exit the game it goes back to Initializing…. Are many others having this problem? Battle net launcher seams stuck on updating… just spinning at Initializing 0%. 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. Thought they would’ve made some improvements. See full list on makeuseof. Step 4. If there's something preventing it from downloading, it may tell you why.