Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did nothing, several times. Restarted bnet. Community Tournaments. Run the Blizzard Battle. I had the same issue basically installer stuck on “initializing” and “Grabbing another update” for over an hour. Technical Support. Reopen the Battle. net If Battle. WoW gets stuck on initializing when trying to update. Phaidon-rexxar November 9, 2023, 7:50pm 11. I’m having the same issue. I have to close the client and restart it a minimum of four times to get the update to begin. I left it running overnight for 10+ hours, still Initializing… SOLUTION: I ran the Wow. Same issue here, tried restarting pc back to initializing. Test the internet speed. Every now and then it’ll start downloading at like 150 bytes a second for a. Try uninstalling ALL versions of WoW (Classic, Wrath, and Dragonflight) through the Battle. if you receive any specific errors from the Desktop App about the installation process that can help narrow down what’s causing this. I even did a clean install of everything and still nothing. Capernian-bronzebeard November 16, 2022, 7:39pm #118. Alex470 • 1 yr. Completely close the battle net app then navigate to the directory above. net and select 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, . And every time it gets to this number it. Emeldavi-tichondrius. See full list on makeuseof. Sianguste-garrosh December 17, 2022, 1:59pm #4. Eject the flash drive and connect it to your Steam Deck while in Desktop Mode. One of the more memorable moments leading up to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight’s launch came a few months back when Ion Hazzikostas was asked about a certain impossible-to-miss sword sticking out of Silithus. log file from Documents/3DMark to ul. Disable any proxies that may interfere with the login module. It’s always initializing and reclaiming disc sp…Are you frustrated by the stuck initializing error in World of Warcraft? You are not alone. I can’t get past the “initializing” stage to start the. SjurEido. Installed Battle. Restart my computer. Updated: 4 months ago Article ID: 302546 Common Problems I click on install for a game and the install button changes to the spinning Battle. net and blizzard folders. I have tried restarting my pc, disabling the firewall and running as admin there has been no joy still stuck on initializing. Same here, stuck on initializing. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Two possible workarounds that could help are listed below until we get this fully resolved: Try clearing the Battle. 4 GB. It’s the same result. 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”. My Battle. net, updating windows 10 optional and intel, deleting the Warcraft files multiple times. Already try login out, login back, restarting computer. net Tools folder to automatically rebuild outdated or corrupt files. net Tools folder to automatically rebuild. I'm trying to install the game for an hour now, but it get stuck at "Initializing 2127019/2127019" and I'm running out of option. Check for Firewall/Antivirus Blocking. i looked at google for similar posts, every post said to end tasks for discord, steam etcc. net launcher and still says initializing. 7) Trying to update to 10. Cofe-azuremyst November 16, 2022, 7:20pm #72. net folder in its entirety. In most cases, we find that “Initializing…” getting stuck is typically caused by a conflicting third-party program, damaged/corrupted local Battle. Looking at trying Hardcore Classic out so redownloaded Battle. Kaotik-2758 February 13, 2020, 2:06pm 1. Rinarra-draenor November 16, 2022, 7:21pm #77. net launcher”. The_Sinful. 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. Stuck on initializing. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Kill the battle. I’ve also restarted the client as well as my PC. I have fast internet and the space on the computer. Net, deleted everything related to WoW and WotLK Classic and Battle. i ended the update agent task in the task manager. ago. Update your drivers and operating system to resolve any compatibility issues. I’ll have to wait, I guess. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. NET. go to the Boot tab. net processes, restarting, etc. Uninstalled Battlenet thinking it would help if I reinstalled but now it’s stuck on installing. Help please. net launcher’s window. Show more. (Don’t enter with your id and password) Step 4: Download WoW with your regions. OS: Windows 11 (22H2) compilation: 22621. The exact same thing is happening to me right now. net, the game started to update, as usual. Are many others having this problem? 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”. Click on This PC (Windows 10) and open the system partition C. Stuck on Initializing. 15 years ago it was one click and you could play, but as technology advances, the. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. Help! Since the newest patch in WoW I’ve been unable to load the game. SOLUTION: I ran the Wow. Blizzard Forums It never goes past initializing. You can do that here: ^JH”World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. net but the download is stuck at initializing/0% and then I get the whoops! window. 1 Like. Xee-draenor March 27, 2023, 9:52pm 1. Camuz-golemagg November 16, 2022,. net launcher, and started re-installing wotlk. net cache folder can resolve problems with the logon module. Low and behold I can’t even download the game I paid for because it gets stuck in an infinite initializing loop. At least it worked for me. I’ve tried. Technical Support. Recently, my Battle. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15, 2022,. World of Warcraft Forums. We recently upgraded to Window’s 11 and had issues with WOW, so we uninstalled it figuring it was corrupt. net files, or a problem connecting to the patching server. Account, App, & Shop; World of Warcraft; Warcraft Rumble; Diablo IV; Diablo Immortal; Overwatch 2;. i have uninstalled both wow and battlenet. Then on relaunch of bnet it said. Hi there, Also stuck on initializing. I deleted the retail folder entirely and copied the classic folder. It began as a memory access crash while playing the game. Been stuck on 94% with initializing for the newest update for WoW, this has been happening since yesterday when the patch was launched. Brêez-outland November 16, 2022, 6:32pm #18. Only problem is, my game just stays on initializing loop forever. Restarted CPU and all that jazz. I play on a Mac. 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. WoW update is stuck on initializing. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. For problems installing or patching World of Warcraft, connecting to the realms or crashing during game play. Oh sorry - it does waste my time, electricity and my mental health. Technical Support. Already submitted 3 bug reports through the battle. Agnass-anvilmar. Now we are unable to reinstall the program. net folder, restart battle net app then locate folder for wow just. It also doesn’t matter. 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. Technical Support. Technical Support. Open the Battle. 1 Like. Both the PTR and live versions are displaying the same problem. Try logging out of the Battle. We are able to install battle. Under Background processes, find " Battle. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. net app completely, didn’t help. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. World of Warcraft Forums [Main Thread] Download Stuck on 0% initializing then BLZBNTAG0000138F. Third day in a row now. Don't forget to backup your Interface folder, though. . #354. Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did nothing, several times. if u dont wanna click links cus sketch then just search for “battle net gets stuck on initializing (Fix)” video is by ". Open Battle. net launcher”. I have returned after a 3 year gap. Fixes I’ve tried:. 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, . Technical Support. I assumed maybe it didn’t like my D drive, so i went to. Got this same issue. Restart your computer to resolve problems caused by programs and services running in the background. net folder. I tweeted to Blizzard CS and they said they are aware and working on it. 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, . World of Warcraft Arena World Championship. It never goes past initializing. I tried restarting the client, I tried rebooting my computer. This worked for me on release day as well!!! Thanks! I’ve reinstalled the game twice now because the stupid update has been stuck on initializing. net. < 1 2 3 >. Baerduun-defias-brotherhood November 28, 2022, 3:12pm 599. Leaf-azuremyst November 16, 2022,. Update stuck initializing I did my updates and everything yesterday but when I launched battlenet today, first it gave me a battlenet update then the Wow update was stuck at initializing, been trying to solve it for 2 hours now. We do not need any AgentNGDP files for now. It doesn’t move. However, I now have access to the game. Reboot your PC. Showing 1 - 15 of 39 comments. Hopefully that helps, good luck! Catch Me Live At: Me On Twitter: 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. Uninstall doesn’t work. Join the discussion in this forum thread and find out possible solutions. I was just wondering if anyone was experiencing the same issue this morning before I create a support ticket. Same happened to me yesterday. Delete the Cache folder. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing Troubleshooting steps for when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing" Updated: 4 months ago Article. Game is stuck at 99% in battle net launcher with 5mb remaining, originally it got stuck and I decided to scan and repair, this sent my game into an endless scan loop and I could no longer play the game, I reinstalled the battlenet launcher and eventually caved and reinstalled wow (note this is a big deal, as. net full disk access, making sure there was no world of warcraft folder in applications, AND restarting, it worked!Update 2: Finally got past the indexes… but the download speed of the game is atrocious at 2. net. Uncheck everything on Network Bandwith. 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. For real though, I have no clue. World of Warcraft on Reddit! Premium Explore Gaming. I can’t launch the game because the launcher is evidently trying to update or download some files, but it is stuck between “Initializing” and “Waiting on another installation or update. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same. Your computer has had it with wow and cancelled its own subscription. I have been trying to install retail WoW all evening, and the battle. ran as. Why can’t I install World of Warcraft? Try creating a new administrator account to resolve. 2. I had the same issue basically installer stuck on “initializing” and “Grabbing another update” for over an hour. net Update Agent" or something similar, and end the task. Restarting this did not work. The game will not be updating; click Play. Delete the Battle. net app, however it is permanently stuck on Initializing. Checked folder permissions over the wow folder including rechecking the files within the directory. Hellbirah-aggramar July 14, 2023, 7:57pm #3. Technical Support. Been sat for ages waiting to update, thought I was going insane. Rambush-rattlegore July 15, 2023, 12:40am #1. World of Warcraft - Patch Stuck on Initializing - Update Problem(For non-Turkish players this is Turkish Guide, dont say me anything about guide language but. net update agent” from there. To do that, follow these simple steps: Right-click on the Blizzard app’s desktop shortcut and open Properties. Start battle. I managed to fix the issue by completely uninstalling World of Warcraft and the battlenet app. Technical Support. I’ve tried: Other games update and download without issues. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. I can’t get past the “initializing” stage to start the. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. This process uses my internet @ 500kb/s and downloads about 200mb. Just delete the Battle. I play on a Mac. I'm trying to install on macOS Ventura 13. Things were fine maybe 8 hours ago, but now it’s stuck at “initializing” - nothing changed here. Select the World of WarCraft folder. Furthermore, I paid 90 euros for pre-order to play it will pre-launch, and I’m. repeat until successful. Kymthegreat-staghelm November 8, 2023, 6:23pm 1. Close Blizzard processes. Delete the Cache folder; Restart computer and launch. Edit 2: Got past the first initialization loop and into a measured megabyte download only to get stuck in yet another initialization loop. I’m having the same problem too - 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. GTA Online New Bonuses for 16th Nov 2023 - Cliffford Takes Over Again in a New Doomsday-themed Community Challenge, Peyote. ” I have tried causing the downloader to “start this update now” but that has no effect. Initializing (XXX/1006) It is moving incredibly slowly for having gigabit internet and SSD storage. If those two solutions don’t work, you’ll need to delete your WTF, Cache, and Interface folders located in your World of Warcraft directory. 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. proxy settings. net launcher (or window). Slide the slider all the way down to never Notify. Be it for downloading, launching, or updating these games on your PC. Wait until the lights. Install stuck on "Initializing". Cannot update wow at all. msc in the search box and. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. This might fix the issue. minnesotaHunter (Topic Creator) 11 years ago #3. thanks so much! My frustrations are lifted. Starting as admin is the important part. And as a lot of players have come back, it is a bit busy, but in general these things will get fixed quite quick. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Other games on Bnet update just fine. deleting battle. I conducted a scan/repair thinking that might help but fell into the infinite loop instead. Zero progress gets made. Continues to sit on (2203048/2203048) It is strange that it’s the same issue on all 3 of my machines. 2. Or at least, that’s what fixed it for me last time it happened to me. Technical Support. That did not work for me, still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. WoW Stuck on Initializing Help Trying to download World of Warcraft on Battle. Restart your computer and try the install/update now. Chromie-ahnqiraj November 16, 2022, 9:26pm #352. Zero progress gets made. WoW download stuck on "initializing". im not sure why its not connecting for wow when hearthstone, diablo etc work. Deleting the Battle. mine aswell starting downloading the game a minute ago but has gone back to the initializing. 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. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. net cache. But it is stuck at "initializing", no matter what I do. After that, navigate to the following path: C:ProgramDataBlizzard EntertainmentBattle. Played wow no problems. Follow same steps to turn Safe mode off and boot back normally. I can’t get past the “initializing” stage to start the. It retries continuously but it does not get past that 2127019/2027019… I restarted bnet client, restarted my computer, uninstalled the wow files, started the repair client, but nothing seems to help. Technical Support. I have rebooted the. When I started the Battle. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. World of Warcraft on Reddit! I had this happen on my old Windows 10 computer. net installation directory, and the default path should look like this: C:\ProgramData\Blizzard Entertainment\Battle. Not working here “Initializing” Tried all the tricks here. 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. I downloaded a free VPN, set my location to HK and set my login region to Asia - it started. Thank you! You solved my issue. ago • Edited 1 yr. I will send you all i got from this timeline =) Oramir. ago. Delete the Battle. Hearthstone. Turned off my anti-virus and firewall, cleared battle. So i have played wow on this laptop since it was birthed 2 years ago (Alienware m17). Groót-quelthalas November 16, 2022, 8:28pm #208. net installation directory, and the default path should look like this: C:ProgramDataBlizzard EntertainmentBattle. Voodoopanda-stormscale November 16, 2022,. exe in my retail folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. I was surprised there weren’t already threads about his in this support forum. Agnass-anvilmar. Kaotik-2758 February 13, 2020, 2:06pm 1. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same … Common Problems. Technical Support. Check the ” Hide all Microsoft services ” box. Windows. Have already restarted my PC and tried to pause/restart the update. For whatever reason Overwatch is stuck updating itself, it just says “Initializing…”. I’m also having this issue. Close battle. I have restarted the application. net client. We've tried restarting battle net, restarting computer, going into beta battle. 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. Every time I close Battle. 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. Start battle. In the World of WarCraft Info box, go to the Sharing & Permissions section. You don't have two big updates on the same day. Etzzy-doomhammer January 27, 2020, 6:22pm #4. i had 8gigs left on my disc and it kept initializing for 2hours at 4%. Edit 2: Got past the first initialization loop and into a measured megabyte download only to get stuck in yet another initialization loop. I've tried a clean. benchmarksupport@ul. r/starcitizen. Looking for some assistance here if possible. Nowaqu-burning-legion November 16, 2022, 7:57pm #144. 8 MB in the Initialization phase, and then stops and switches to Updating. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. World of Warcraft ForumsBefore deleting any files, make sure Battle. 3. Technical Support. 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. That did not work for me, still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. net stuck on initializing. I’ve tried removing the . GTAForums does NOT endorse or allow any kind of GTA Online modding, mod menus, tools or account selling/hacking. Uninstall Battle. Having the same problem for the last 20 minutes now…. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. Same issue here. So far I´ve tried: Exit the app and launch it again. I’ve had this issue before. net, clear your wtf and cache folder, restart, and see if it works. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. I think the download servers are dead. Step 3 of the link worked for me. The_Sinful. My Tickets. Scan & repair files, uninstalled wow and downloaded again as well the battle. Seems a widespread issue. I can run a speed test and my internet is fine,. net as admin. I have uninstalled battlenet and all games, deleted all folders, even the hidden ones. Any work around? I had the same problem yesterday. Pekins-firemaw November 15, 2022, 6:37pm #1. I can’t reinstall WoW. Baradûr-draenor. ARTICLE: battlenet. WoW Installation stuck at initializing. 13. net is closed, along with any other World of Warcraft of proprietary processes in the Task Manager. 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. Technical Support. 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. Under Background processes, find " Battle. Already try login out, login back, restarting computer. net agent is continuously crashing and restarting the “initializing” step of the download. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. Customer. Boards. I’ve tried everything recommended except reinstalling bnet launcher. 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. For me it started yesterday already. I have tried it all, from clearing caches, cookies, flushing. 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. Update the Battle. net users are stuck at 1 percent when they update or install the app. Open Battle. Followed alot of tips from forum posts with similar problem. well thats weird, launching the wow. net Update Agent" or something similar, and end the task. I’m stuck as well…. However, the update wouldn't ever start actually. Restart the launcher and it should start updating. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. Same thing is happening to me and the only way to fix it is to end it. Been stuck for more than 4 hours.