Imagine being on your 9th expansion and not being able to cope with what, by now, must be very predictable volumes of traffic. Shogox-2378 November 18, 2023, 10:57am 1. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. I have been trying to install retail WoW all evening, and the battle. Earlier today, I got stuck in a never-ending scan and repair loop. I purchased an external hard drive to re install wow. FIX. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Step 3: Open with Offline Mode in settings. I even did a clean install of everything and still nothing. NET. Ethernia-tirion November 16, 2022, 7:16pm #67. Some of the time Battle. Switching battlenet launcher to the Beta version. WHo would have expected that from Blizzard on a launch day! 2 Likes. Blizzard’s probably losing alot of money from people not being able to connect to the servers. I’ve disabled my firewall. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. NET. I have click stop the download and click run it again. I have tried restarting my pc, disabling the firewall and running as admin there has been no joy still stuck on initializing. Update 2: Finally got past the indexes… but the download speed of the game is atrocious at 2. Rebooting the PC helped. Selecting Properties from the list. Restarting the Diablo download and changing D4 installation folder had no success either. Support Technical 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. 2 Likes. It has been 2 days. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Waiting on update after trying to pause it for whatever reason. Stuck on Initializing. Support Technical Support. Until that send Bob and Virginie. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. net”. Net Launcher somehow lost the location of all of my games. Dadirro-silvermoon November 16, 2022, 7:31pm. i unistalled everything and restarted my comp. Now the game is stuck on initializing. No words…. 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”. Some of the time Battle. Already try login out, login back, restarting computer. Uninstalling and reinstalling battlenet. Earlier today, I got stuck in a never-ending scan and repair loop. Initializing is taking forever. I am unable to download the new patch and am stuck on initializing I have already restarted my entire pc. net app installation is doing the same thing: getting stuck on the Updating function. Now the game is stuck on initializing. net or OW2 itself. Kaotik-2758 February 13, 2020, 2:06pm 1 For whatever reason Overwatch is stuck updating itself, it just says “Initializing…” I’ve tried restarting Battle. So the initializing needs 100mb but it took 20-30 minutes to get 10mb done and it proceeded to go back down to 0. Katalin-ghostlands November 16, 2022, 6:23pm #17. This helped fixing my “running an other update” notification, but sadly. net, even if I also. " SupportTechnical Support. 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, . Brêez-outland November 16, 2022, 6:32pm #18. :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. That did not work for me, still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. i have uninstalled both wow and battlenet. It’s stuck on Initializing. net desktop app. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Restarted bnet. → When I came home, Waiting for another update is no longer there and it is 0% Updating again. Open the Battle. After a long day of problem solving at work, coming home to another problem isn’t. 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. If you don’t see all 3 folders in each. so glad other people are having this issue, i thought i was going mad. Played wow no problems. WoW download stuck on "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. com Subject: Mac Download Stuck Attachment: The log file of. Anyway stuck initializing after I hit 65%…. exe and manually loging in, doesn’t help. net client, rule out internet problems, clean the. I have tried everything the internet has told me to try. Low and behold I can’t even download the game I paid for because it gets stuck in an infinite initializing loop. 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. It seems the only fix, for me atleast, is to leave the update on initializing for 35-45 minutes, it will eventually budge. well thats weird, launching the wow. Really glad I tried installing it before I reactivated. im not sure why its not connecting for wow when hearthstone, diablo etc work. 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, but now Im on 0% for installing battle. same here, seems like the update servers might be down. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. Thaelia-deathwing November 16, 2022, 7:30pm #101. Delete the Cache folder; Restart computer and launch. net launcher. This is found in C:/ProgramData (which is a hidden folder). This resolved this issue for me. net or OW2 itself. Having the same problem for the last 20 minutes now…. net, the game started to update, as usual. It should say Install instead of Play. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. Same problem on 2 computers. Sometimes Battle. It’s updating, the launcher bugs out currently to where it will stop showing it downloading all the encoding tables and. I’ve tried removing the . WoW Download is stuck on initializing. Лунокрыл-eversong November 16, 2022, 6:53am #3. 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 restarting deleting cache folder restarting comp. You cant make any progress so in the end you will need to buy more game time right ? This is a win win situation for them ofc Installed Battle. I fixed mine! I had to pause all updates. Reboot Windows to safe mode + network. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15, 2022, 7:00pm #2. Restarting battle. Been stuck on 94% with initializing for the newest update for WoW, this has been happening since yesterday when the patch was launched. net Desktop App with these steps: • Uninstall the Blizzard Battle. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. That did not work for me, still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. If your region is currently patching or undergoing maintenance there might be a known issue affecting all players. Pause the initializing process and close Battle. Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did nothing, several times. What more can we even attempt? Battle Net app does not update game. Delete the Battle. net launcher then go task manager close remaining apps then restart should probably fix it. I think the download servers are dead. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. I have tried troubleshooting with every article available for a variety of issues. Hit the Windows key and R. net, tried to reinstall and since then either stuck on “Updating battle. • 1 yr. Open comment sort options. net agent is continuously crashing and restarting the “initializing” step of the download. catflapps. Misstps-mograine November 16, 2022, 7:45am #8. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game on Battle. How to fix WoW update stuck on initializing – World of Warcraft. net launcher keeps showing “Updating” and “Initializing”… and 0% completion. Rambush-rattlegore. 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. Restart your computer and try the install/update now. exe in my retail folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. Wish they fix this issue. 1 Like. 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 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… Right click and select Run as Administrator on the launcher. Technical Support. When the WoW update gets stuck on initializing, you must disable other apps and processes, update the Battle. All of the answers I can find or get from Blizzard revolve around clearing my cache, reinstalling battle. If I play 4 times a week the game needs update 3 times. I can download any other blizzard game, classic, overwatch, diablo all fine. Up to two hours before the download starts. net. " SupportTechnical Support. same and “w8ing for another patch”. Exact same issue here, stuck in initializing for 25 minutes now. So, I logged on 20 mins ago -walked right into the Initializing… issue, and got bored after 5 mins. Stuck on Initializing 0% after trying basically every solution I could find. 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. Your servers are gonna be incompatible so don’t waste your time trying it. End Battle. I’ve also tried pausing and resuming with no avail and double checked there’s enough space on SSDs. The progress bar below the Install/Update button is currently at Initializing (242/1006) with a creeping progression. Technical Support. → When I came home, Waiting for another update is no. One of the recently-reported problems concerns a stuck in the initializing screen. net cache folder can resolve problems with the logon module. Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did nothing, several times. Already did all the t/s steps provided but nothing works. 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. restarted and hardbooted. I have fast internet and the space on the computer. It also doesn’t matter. It started couple hours ago. Been stuck like that for an hour or so now. Update stuck on initializing. I am not sure what. net processes, restarting, etc. Assuming this is due to massive amounts of people trying to download, but putting this thread here saying for the last 3 hours, my download has been sitting at 0% “Initializing download”. Chromie-ahnqiraj November 16, 2022, 9:26pm #352. All of the answers I can find or get from Blizzard revolve around clearing my cache, reinstalling battle. net folder. Darkseid-burning-legion November 16, 2022, 7:30pmGame update starts and then stops installing. I have to close the client and restart it a minimum of four times to get the update to begin. I’ve disabled my firewall. Low and behold I can’t even download the game I paid for because it gets stuck in an infinite initializing loop. Technical Support. My current speed test shows 300mbit+ and another game downloaded just a bit earlier at 40mb/s. Since yesterday I can’t scan/repair/update so I tried to install the game from scratch and it’s the same. NET. Vincerus-stormrage November 14, 2023, 4:47pm 1. Caellen-doomhammer November 16, 2022, 9:17pm #331. Sadly, same here stuck at “Initializing…” for hour and half now. net;. Stuck on initializing screen and now. Still stuck, cannot play the game i pay for. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is a 2023 first-person shooter video game primarily developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. net. Shogox-2378 November 18, 2023, 10:57am 1. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. 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, 6:42pmWoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Tried a fresh install of WoW several times and to no avail. 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. If I try again, it keeps failing. net Launcher and attempt the installation again. ago. After setting up a VPN Connection (to Canada), I closed Bnet from taskmanager and restarted it. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. mine aswell starting downloading the game a minute ago but has gone back to the initializing. I stopped using the launcher for wow. I had to go in and relocate each of them and it was fine, except for World of Warcraft. However, it refuses to update the game and remains stuck on initializing. Really glad I tried installing it before I reactivated. Xee-draenor March 27, 2023, 9:52pm 1. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. Check the ”Hide all Microsoft services” box. Brewmeister-ashbringer November 16, 2022, 7:46pm #124. WoW Installation stuck at initializing. Windows. Help pleaseI just launched battle. Ðrpøurritûs-les-sentinelles November 16,. -tried uninstalling from the battle. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. After setting up a VPN Connection (to Canada), I closed Bnet from taskmanager and restarted it. 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. Thought they would’ve made some improvements after OW2’s awful launch. net . Pendragon-scarshield-legion November 16, 2022, 7:05pm #48. net and opened it again → Now I am stuck at ‘Waiting for another update. If I pause and resume it gets stuck on waiting on another update, despite being the only battlenet-game on the computer. I guess the interim fix for now is to just run the exe and log in manually. Craftgoblin-guldan November 16, 2022, 9:17pm #332. 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. While being stuck it also sends and downloads data at full speed, so battle. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. Now, navigate to the Services tab. Jeges-outland November 16, 2022, 6:59pm #38. Close battle. Tried but no dice, restarted the first part of the update (setting the files / etc with the 1,72 mb size) then back to initializing 🙁 World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing"Close battle. Once the download actually starts in safe mode you can return to normal windows and it will get past the initializing loop. Skarbrand-kazzak November 29, 2022,. Technical Support. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. Im at a loss on what to do. :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” 🙃What a mess. Just not the live version. Advanced Troubleshooting. Tyler1-2130 June 16, 2023, 11:09pm 3. It doesn’t move. Suddenly 5mb/s and everything works. Restarting the Diablo download and changing D4 installation folder had no success either. I had the same issue basically installer stuck on “initializing” and “Grabbing another update” for over an hour. Try plugging your computer directly into your modem. I uninstalled Battlenet nd reinstalled but that did not work. 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. 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, . Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. ran outside 5 times and shouted hubba. net launcher and still says initializing. Then the ‘downloading’ phase starts and uses my full internet speed and downloads a further 150mb, in the case of the latest patch/hotfix being small. It popped back up by itself and after a minute or so it started. Updated Windows 10, . 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, 6:42pmHere’s how to do that: Firstly, right-click the shortcut of Battlenet launcher shortcut on the desktop and select Properties. Brewmeister-ashbringer November 16, 2022, 7:46pm #124. 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, 6:42pmWhat a mess. -redownload a fresh battle. I have returned after a 3 year gap. Technical Support. ago • Edited 1 yr. So i have played wow on this laptop since it was birthed 2 years ago (Alienware m17). Cancel reply. Goto the Cog icon above your Email and switch to a different region. SOLUTION: I ran the Wow. ran as admin, uninstalled. I can’t start WoW client directly because it’s not compatible. Restart the Battle. Scan and repair, doesn’t work. Rename World of Warcarft folder to something else. EDIT: Looks like when you exit the game it goes back to. 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. i have uninstalled both wow and battlenet. Sometimes fetching download manifest. Edit: Restarting the app in admin mode seems to have sped up the initialization speed. Now luckily these issues are similar enough that the same steps should help with all three types of issues. Katalin-ghostlands November 16, 2022, 6:23pm #17. Breaking News Blizzard Support - Longer than usual wait times World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. Scan and repair doesn’t work either. net launcher but it wouldn’t reinstall. net app and install the program till you get to the initialization loop. Third day in a row now. #354. 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. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. I have uninstalled battlenet and all games, deleted all folders, even the hidden ones. Hi there, Also stuck on initializing. Hi, When there is a wow update, the ‘initializing’ phase of the download is very slow. Voodoopanda-stormscale November 16, 2022, 6:42pm #24. Shocckington-tichondrius November 14, 2023, 4:52pm 2. 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. Delete the Battle. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15, 2022, 7:00pm #2. If restarting didn’t work, open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc), find everything related. 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. Scan & repair files, uninstalled wow and downloaded again as well the battle. NET. Uninstall doesn’t work. Mostly with the recently. net launcher”. If installed I would disable or set to default any. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. It seems the only fix, for me atleast, is to leave the update on initializing for 35-45 minutes, it will eventually budge. Alcatrazchad-silvermoon. 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 cannot play WoW or D2R as there are updates pending for those as well but they cannot update because Diablo Immortal is updating. net launcher and still says initializing. net update agent uses my full bandwidth while. Go to Download Manager. Kranox-mazrigos November 16, 2022, 7:02pm #44. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. I understand the game needs updates. 13. Nariwen-argent-dawn November 16, 2022, 2:43pm #12. 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. Follow same steps to turn Safe mode off and boot back normally. Was there ever an actual fix for this? I have tried literally all of the tier one stuff Blizz. If it’s still getting stuck, go ahead and post your. not to mention fixing my OS. Like topic says the install download will not go beyond initializing 2203048/2203048 and is in loop. Wait for installer to get stuck. Kaotik-2758 February 13, 2020, 2:06pm 1. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same … Hopefully it gets a fix. After that, navigate to the following path: C : ProgramData Blizzard Entertainment Battle. Alcatrazchad-silvermoon. Run Battle. Start the update (installation in your case) Close the Battle. And every time it gets to this number it. net app and opening it again. I have been trying to install retail WoW all evening, and the battle. Hellbirah-aggramar July 14, 2023, 7:57pm #3. Shogox-2378 November 18, 2023, 10:57am 1. NET. Then once they are all uninstalled, go in and manually delete the main World of Warcraft folder where the game. “Let’s release WZ 2. The download progress bar is stuck at 0 b/s. Technical Support. 2 Common Issues Subject. Once the game ran, the “Initializing” disappeared and the PLAY button lit up. 10 Likes. currently trying usa vpn and americas servers and at least I dont get timeouts anymore in the. Installed bnet and then tried to install WoW but “got the initializing…” loop. Technical Support. 2 Likes. I had the same issue basically installer stuck on “initializing” and “Grabbing another update” for over an hour. Exact same issue here, stuck in initializing for 25 minutes now. 15 years ago it was one click and you could play, but as technology advances, the. 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. WoW download stuck on "initializing". I came home from work one hour earlier than usual just to be stuck in Updating. completely exit battle net and restart it. Net, deleted everything related to WoW and WotLK Classic and Battle. Its been like this for a while. I’ll have to wait, I guess. Groót-quelthalas November 16, 2022, 8:28pm #208. Scan and Repair didn’t do anything either, got stuck just the same as Updating. NET framework update) and switched to Beta build of Bnet client, Game is downloading again. you know its maintanence until 11am CEST. Wish they fix this issue. Seems its on Blizz’s back end. Breaking News Blizzard Support - Longer than usual wait times Breaking News This Week's Scheduled Maintenance. I had the same issue basically installer stuck on “initializing” and “Grabbing another update” for over an hour. Problem: Battlenet = “initializing…” - and just stops… Request: I Respectfully request the support team to get this fixed as soon as possible. 2 Common Issues Breaking News This Week's Scheduled Maintenance WoW download stuck on "initializing". Blizzard seems to have a network issue. Technical Support. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support.