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Scan and Repair didn’t do anything either, got stuck just the same as Updating. net Desktop App is stuck at “Initializing,” try the following steps: Restart Battle. 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, . So far I´ve tried: Exit the app and launch it again. and here we go i roughly was able to reinstall the App after saying ‘Update agent went to sleep’ now i cannot update the game , stuck on initializing or about 30mins only few hours before wotlk release , such a stress…SOLUTION: I ran the Wow. net folder. Spam left click on the button. rip blizzard. 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. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. net launcher but it wouldn’t reinstall. Now, you can check if Blizzard launcher stuck on initializing. Hexenmeíster-amanthul November 16, 2022, 7:06pm #49. net, tried to reinstall and since then either stuck on “Updating battle. I can download any other blizzard game, classic, overwatch, diablo all fine. I’m also having this issue. Don’t expect Blizzard to have any form of smooth launch. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. One of the recently-reported problems concerns a stuck in the initializing screen. 9 Likes. 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. Katalin-ghostlands November 16, 2022, 6:23pm #17. net says it has another update working. . Arcann-ravencrest November 16, 2022, 7:39pm 116. same here… pls send help. Two possible workarounds that could help are listed below until we get this fully resolved: Try clearing the Battle. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Furthermore, I paid 90 euros for pre-order to play it will pre-launch, and I’m. Updated Windows 10, . It doesn’t move. I can’t start WoW client directly because it’s not compatible (probably because of phase two today, it. net' folder to 'battle. exe and manually loging in, doesn’t help. I’ve watched 2 videos about this and tried copying them which lead to absolutely nothing. net or OW2 itself. net launcher but it wouldn’t reinstall. net folder. exe in my retail folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. Initializing (XXX/1006) It is moving incredibly slowly for having gigabit internet and SSD storage. In most cases, we find that “Initializing…” getting stuck is typically caused by a conflicting third-party program, damaged/corrupted local Battle. I was playing Diablo Immoral on PC and it crashed. This topic was automatically closed 30 days after the. I am unable to download the new patch and am stuck on initializing I have already restarted my entire pc. Yes, it sounds super simple, but this. Blizzard Forums Just delete the Battle. 2 Common Issues Breaking News This Week's Scheduled Maintenance WoW download stuck on "initializing". 1 Like. Loading I have the same problem, been waiting for over an hour now on initializing. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. And now I’m waiting for download to finish at lovely speed of 5MB/s if I’m lucky as I see it dropping to 3MB/s. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Once the download actually starts in safe mode you can return to normal windows and it will get past the initializing loop. Installed bnet and then tried to install WoW but “got the initializing…” loop. Click on locate the game, choose the folder. Scan and repair doesn’t work either. 2 Likes. Game Install or Update Stuck at 0 B/s. :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” 🙃 Start the battle. Delete the Battle. Once the game ran, the “Initializing” disappeared and the PLAY button lit up. That did not work for me, still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. Anyway stuck initializing after I hit 65%…. Click on the “Disk Cleanup” button under the “General” tab and then click on the “OK” button. Technical Support. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same … Stuck on Initializing/Waiting on another update - Technical. Windows. Only thing that worked for me was downloading WOW on a different computer (with Windows 10 instead of 11) and copying to my WOW folder and. run Battlenet and install WOW. Blizzard is the single game dev studio which continuously cannot push out big updates / expansions due to the absolute lack of care for increased traffic on their. net launcher”. Have tried stopping all the battle. Wish they fix this issue. Katalin-ghostlands November 16, 2022, 6:23pm #17. I think a compensation is needed - if you cannot provide the service you are paid to provide to your customers, you need to give compensation. Rebooting the PC helped. Jaime-todeswache November 16, 2022, 7:41am #7. 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. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. com How to Fix The Battle. Battlenet installs no problem, its just the initializing loop when trying to download WoW. If your World of Warcraft (WoW) update is stuck on "initializing," it can be caused by various factors. Lavende-drakthul August 26, 2020, 8:14pm. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Ive tried everything from updating pc, uninstalling battle net, deleting temp folders. go to the Boot tab. Don’t expect Blizzard to have any form of smooth launch. Try plugging your computer directly into your modem. Delete the Battle. WoW will launch without your BNet login. net, flushed DNS, restarted computer, restarted internet, changed internet connection, etc. Restarting the Diablo download and changing D4 installation folder had no success either. Exactly. What a mess. → Now I am sitting at my computer, watching Battle. Skarbrand-kazzak November 29, 2022,. Scan & repair files, uninstalled wow and downloaded again as well the battle. Technical Support. Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did nothing, several times. It just gets stuck in an update / initialising loop. Stuck on Initializing. Nothing is working helllpppp. also glad I rushed home from work for this. Technical Support. Stuck on Initializing 0% after trying basically every solution I could find. For me it started yesterday already. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. You can do that here: ^JH”WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Chandrah-magtheridon November 16, 2022, 9:28pmInstalled Battle. Update 2: Finally got past the indexes… but the download speed of the game is atrocious at 2. net. Jinji-whisperwind July 11, 2023, 8:31pm #1. Talliyya-blackrock November 16, 2022, 7:53am #9. Dadirro-silvermoon November 16, 2022, 7:31pm. Fogg-silvermoon November 18, 2022, 7:06am #551. Stuck on Initializing. net . 0 and a WoW patch introducing an entirely new playable class the same day. I stopped using the launcher for wow. Zuul-balnazzar November 16, 2022, 6:55pm #33. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Thought they would’ve made some improvements after OW2’s awful launch. well thats weird, launching the wow. Waiting on update after trying to pause it for whatever reason. Nice. restarted and hardbooted. Wait for installer to get stuck. exe in my folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. Installed bnet and then tried to install WoW but “got the initializing…” loop. Look for any battle. 57 Likes. So I guess something must have corrupted my WoW installation? What would be the best steps to reinstall that, while saving all my current addons and character variables? See full list on windowsreport. net launcher. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. WoW Download is stuck on initializing. Continues to sit on (2203048/2203048) It is strange that it’s the same issue on all 3 of my machines. Tried restarting deleting cache folder restarting comp. Both the PTR and live versions are displaying the same problem. I’ll have to wait, I guess. It should say Install instead of Play. Ensure that your internet connection is stable and working properly. Uninstalling and reinstalling battlenet. I tried uninstalling the launcher, now can’t even reinstall it! Just gets stuck at “Updating Battle. I can download any other blizzard game, classic, overwatch, diablo all fine. Start battle. 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”. also glad I rushed home from work for this. I can’t start WoW client directly because it’s not compatible (probably because of phase two today, it. I tried to get that one going, but no dice, it behaved just like with the other 3 (retail, classic, ptr): stuck at Initializing. net stuck at 0 B/s just because of lacking admin right. Closing processes in task manager. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. It’s frustrating, I know. net app, but now Im on 0% for installing battle. Here's how to fix overwatch update stuck on initializing. I've followed every step I possibly could, and still. Double-click the launcher’s icon to open it or search for it in the Start menu. Then once they are all uninstalled, go in and manually delete the main World of Warcraft folder where the game. That did not work for me, still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. exe in my retail folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. net client, rule out internet problems, clean the. Same here. 4 Likes. Switching battlenet launcher to the Beta version. For whatever reason Overwatch is stuck updating itself, it just says “Initializing…”. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game on Battle. Kranox-mazrigos November 16, 2022, 7:02pm #44. catflapps. While being stuck it also sends and downloads data at full speed, so battle. Aerlas-magtheridon. 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, . you need to make sure that your wow installation and all subfolders have admin read and write permissions and you might need to allow agent. 1. NET. 0% Updating, nothing is happening - > I closed Battle. net cache files following the steps Here. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15, 2022, 7:00pm #2. it should start. SjurEido. net app. I tried creating a new adm account and it. net agent is continuously crashing and restarting the “initializing” step of the download. 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. 1 Like. Didn’t do anything. Uninstall doesn’t work. Nariwen-argent-dawn November 16, 2022, 2:43pm #12. Disable any proxies that may interfere with the login module. • Next (before re-installing) let’s delete any Battle. 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, . Close all other applications to resolve software conflicts and free up resources. :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” 🙃Start the battle. net installer. After setting up a VPN Connection (to Canada), I closed Bnet from taskmanager and restarted it. New comments cannot be posted. Sadly, same here stuck at “Initializing…” for hour and half now. 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. Nerd-argent-dawn November 16, 2022, 8:17pm #181. Really glad I tried installing it before I reactivated. Stuck on Initializing. Many players have reported this issue on the official forums and some of them have found solutions. Heymerth-chamber-of-aspects November 16, 2022, 7:21pm #76. Now I got stuck in the Initializing 2145581/2145581 loop. Your servers are gonna be incompatible so don’t waste your time trying it. Technical Support. I had the same issue basically installer stuck on “initializing” and “Grabbing another update” for over an hour. “Let’s release WZ 2. 2 Common Issues Subject. The game will not be updating; click Play. Open Task Manager. stuck here to, been sitting watching initilising for just under 2 hours, maybe time to give up cancel if blizz cant even get their act together with updates god help us for next expansion 6 Likes Voodoopanda-stormscale November 16, 2022, 6:42pmGeneral Discussion. I can’t start WoW client directly because it’s not compatible (probably because of phase two today, it. If the Scan & Repair function is erroring every time this can mean there’s corrupt files in the WoW install that can’t be repaired. What worked for me was opening the Task Manager and under Background Processes I ended the task Battle. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment Jobinstein. Lastly, click on the OK button and then click on Apply to save the changes. Technical Support. I came home from work one hour earlier than usual just to be stuck in Updating. It has been 2 days. Already ran as Admin, renamed folders, flushed DNS…. currently trying usa vpn and americas servers and at least I dont get timeouts anymore in the. I had the same issue a few days ago and I fixed it by launching the game through wow. 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, . It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. PC with fresh install has Windows 10 while mine is Windows 11. Same, been nearly an hour now with zero movement. net launcher then go task manager close remaining apps then restart should probably fix it. Was working fine everyday im on just today it wont complete update. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. net Launcher. Once you are at character select, close the first unauthenticated WoW. It just gets stuck in an update / initialising loop. Ive tried everything from updating pc, uninstalling battle net, deleting temp folders. Darkseid-burning-legion November 16, 2022, 7:30pmGame update starts and then stops installing. Support Technical Support. Step 3 of the link worked for me. net -Deleting the -Blizzard Entertainment- folder in ProgramData Still it just endlessly gets stuck on. Restarted client, restarted PC. net client right? Dèschanel-stormrage July 11, 2023, 11:45pm #3. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. I will send you all i got from this timeline =) Oramir-alonsus November 16, 2022, 9:27pm #353. 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. Rule Out Internet Issues. Stuck on initializing screen and now. Technical Support. 13. . reinstalling WoW with partial deletion of the data files; And now, finally, I removed everything related to BattleNet, Blizzard, and World of Warcraft and started a new fresh install. net launcher”. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. Show more. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Your servers are gonna be incompatible so don’t waste your time trying it. If it’s still getting stuck, go ahead and post your. 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. Mine is stuck on Initializing (452/452 bytes) and just doesnt budge. my battlenet client is trying to update wow and its stuck on initializing. I have tried removing all traces of battle net from my pc, including %appdata% %localdata% and program data etc, removed the WoW client and attempted a fresh re install, this wouldn’t even initialise. Technical Support. Jambrix November 16, 2022, 9:43pm #37. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. Stuck on initializing, every update. mine aswell starting downloading the game a minute ago but has gone back to the initializing. ago • Edited 1 yr. Following someone elses advice, I tried uninstalling the battle. That doesn’t seem to accomplish anything. Blizzard, the sovereign leader in MMO genre, offers a great desktop client that still doesn’t shy from issues of its own. What a mess. completely exit battle net and restart it. Won’t go past that. I’ve also tried pausing and resuming with no avail and double checked there’s enough space on. net desktop app for more than a few minutes, follow the steps to disable proxies, plug into modem, delete cache and tools. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. Uncheck everything on Network Bandwith. Technical Support. Initializing is taking forever. net app and install the program till you get to the initialization loop. For me these steps worked but. I have uninstalled battlenet and all games, deleted all folders, even the hidden ones. Following someone elses advice, I tried uninstalling the battle. Deleting bnet folder in C:\ProgramData. Be patient guys, Blizzard is a small indie company with very limited resources. same and “w8ing for another patch”. I knew I’d have to relearn spells and rotations, but tbh, this seems a lot more like a 3rd line technical support simulator. Troubleshooting steps for when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing"“@Maverick_LIVE_ Go ahead and open a ticket then. If you are getting stuck on Starting Battle. WoW will launch without your BNet login. So, I logged on 20 mins ago -walked right into the Initializing… issue, and got bored after 5 mins. The “agent” is crashing my whole internet connection, does nothing. net is running, close it; Close all Battle. Cannot update wow at all. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. SupportTechnical Support. It doesn’t move. I have fast internet and the space on the computer. net Desktop App is stuck at “Initializing,” try the following steps: Restart Battle. Solution 4. Support Technical Support. I know global download speeds are low but I have. My desktop PC isn’t updating but oddly my laptop works ok which I don’t get as I used the desktop for wow yesterday and I’ve ran WoW on my laptop for weeks. net or WoW processes sitting in the background via your task manager. Reopen the Battle. Technical Support. It seems the only fix, for me atleast, is to leave the update on initializing for 35-45 minutes, it will eventually budge. (Download speeds ranging between 20kbs to 150kbs)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, . so glad other people are having this issue, i thought i was going mad. I’ve disabled my firewall. Restarting the PC. Technical Support. Once the game ran, the “Initializing” disappeared and the PLAY button lit up. #354. Leave this window open, and alt-tab to the Battle. Ballbreaker-burning-legion November 16, 2022, 10:27pm #456. ’ - > I went outside with my dog for 30 mins. Femfatale-haomarush. For this, running the Blizzard app in a selected startup can minimizing the program’s conflict. Start up the launcher, and it just says Initializing. If I try again, it keeps failing. 4MB/s. With their resources and experience they should be better than this. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15, 2022, 7:00pm #2. Read on the forum that you can try to reinstall the battle. Thelight-darkspear. 2 Likes. I had the same issue basically installer stuck on “initializing” and “Grabbing another update” for over an hour. WoW download stuck on "initializing". Wrenn-kilrogg November 16, 2022, 8:17pm #183. 2 Likes. Kymthegreat-staghelm November 8, 2023, 6:23pm 1. 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. 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. 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, . WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. I’ll have to wait, I guess. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. I tried to get that one going, but no dice, it behaved just like with the other 3 (retail, classic, ptr): stuck at Initializing. Thought they would’ve made some improvements after OW2’s. 3 Likes. It should work after about a minute or two. 1 Like. Been stuck for more than 4 hours. Low and behold I can’t even download the game I paid for because it gets stuck in an infinite initializing loop. 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. net and the blue play button says “Updating” below it says " Applying updates" and its at 0% been like that for a long time, Things I have tried. 1 Like. The download progress bar is stuck at 0 b/s. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. What more can we even attempt? Battle Net app does not update game. Selecting Properties from the list. net app completely, didn’t help. Many users have proven its effective. 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. Zuvykree: Stuck on initializing. Please read the following rules before commenting: All comments must be on topic and add something of substance to the post;How to fix WoW update stuck initializing error? Run the Blizzard app with administrator privileges. net launcher (or window). net again.