I've followed every step I possibly could, and still. Rule Out Internet Issues. Select Game Settings on the left of the window. WoW download stuck on "initializing". Whenever I try to install my hearthstone game it says initializing until about 19% and then just stops. I have rebooted the. Game update starts and then stops installing. net and reinstalling it, I would let it try and install again. How to fix WoW update stuck on initializing – World of Warcraft. Update or temporarily uninstall any security programs, which may mistakenly identify the login module as a security threat. For whatever reason Overwatch is stuck updating itself, it just says “Initializing…”. 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. 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. Expect at least some free game time for this. If the Battle. net Launcher and attempt the installation again. Tried restarting deleting cache folder restarting comp. This helped fixing my “running an other update” notification, but sadly stuck at “initializing” right after. all other games work fine, just not wow. I have tried troubleshooting with every article available for a variety of issues. Scan and Repair didn’t do anything either, got stuck just the same as Updating. If your World of Warcraft (WoW) update is stuck on "initializing," it can be caused by various factors. Restart the Battle. Initializing (XXX/1006) It is moving incredibly slowly for having gigabit internet and SSD storage. net Update Agent" or something similar, and end the task. Restarting the PC. That did the trick!Resolve Any Internet Connection Issues. Around 70 gig to go it displayed PLAY button. Been stuck on 94% with initializing for the newest update for WoW, this has been happening since yesterday when the patch was launched. 3. Nothing is working helllpppp. Try de-instal and then cleanup hdd + register. Closing processes in task manager. Put Battle. Uninstalling and reinstalling the Battle. I can’t reinstall WoW. I have deleted Battle. Click the Downloads tab and scroll down to the bottom and you will see. Game update starts and then stops installing. net, then end program on the blizzard updater, reopen b. Then, press CTRL+ALT+DEL to get to your task manager, and end any process that is called AGENT. net stuck on initializing. It should say Install instead of Play. Thought they would’ve made some improvements. 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. Agnass-anvilmar. Turned off my anti-virus and firewall, cleared battle. same issue, in the battle. Windows applied an update last week and since then haven’t been able to log in or update WoW. Desktop App Tech Support. Thank you for your help! comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment. it probably looked something like this. Game Install or Update Stuck at 0 B/s. If your region is currently patching or undergoing maintenance you may not be able to update. I’ve tried: Other games update and download without issues. I tweeted to Blizzard CS and they said they are aware and working on it. Close battle. Completely delete the battlenet folder with its files in C:ProgramData. net, uninstalled Battle. Reopen the Battle. Not trying to run OW2, trying to run WoW. Start battle. Then went into the retail folder and deleted everything while it was still in this state. Stuck on Initializing/Waiting on another update - Technical Support. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. Go ahead and delete both of those folders. Re-downloaded the launcher and tried downloading again. We've tried restarting battle net, restarting computer, going into beta battle. Same issue. AggravatingTest3760. I repaired the client 3 times and it is still stuck in 99% Initializing for 3 hours now. For real though, I have no clue. Renamed the copy to retail and relaunched battlenet as admin. NET. The Battle. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is a 2023 first-person shooter video game primarily developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. WoW update is stuck on initializing. Video driver crash in World of Warcraft with AMD video cards (7900 XTX) on DirectX 12. i have tried uninstalling wow retail, wow classic, and wow ptr and reinstalling wow retail. See: Download Stuck on 0% initializing - #14 by Skelgarer-1963 - Technical Support - World of Warcraft Forums. Won’t go past that. net Desktop Application gets stuck on Downloading New Files. Continuing to watch the reinstall. My guess is overloaded Blizzard servers. I’ve gone into Task Manager and killed all Blizzard. Sometimes an ISP might have. net installer. Open Battle. net to re-install each one. Look for any battle. Tick the checkbox for Hidden items, and click on the Program Data folder. Stuck between initializing and fetching patch manifest. It began as a memory access crash while playing the game. exe and manually loging in, doesn’t help. Having the same issue. It’s stuck on initializing. Delete the Battle. Follow same steps to turn Safe mode off and boot back normally. Completely close the battle net app then navigate to the directory above. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. I was told the best solution is to completely. Seems its on Blizz’s back end. Delete the Cache folder. I’ve disabled my firewall. Updating 0% Initializing. Following someone elses advice, I tried uninstalling the battle. net Launcher. Its been like this for a while. World of Warcraft Forums. net app, however it is permanently stuck on Initializing. In the World of WarCraft Info box, go to the Sharing & Permissions section. Expect at least some free game time for this. It took a bit of time, but it eventually got done. That did not work for me, still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. Nallianah-wyrmrest-accord. ago • Edited 1 yr. Ways to Fix Fix World of Warcraft Update Stuck on Initializing on Windows 11 Run Blizzard App in a Selective Startup. I have opened a ticket with blizzard but response time via email is not the best. Goto the Cog icon above your Email and switch to a. Common Problems. Been stuck on 94% with initializing for the newest update for WoW, this has been happening since yesterday when the patch was launched. Originally posted by [-iD-]: ok so to start with you will need to rename the rockstar folder in that one drive folder to "rockstar-backup". Deleting the Battle. 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. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. Right-click the Battle. 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. Disable or temporarily uninstall these programs, restart your computer, and try. 2 Common Issues Subject. Under Network Bandwidth, set both the Latest updates and Future patch data values to 0 (0 means Unlimited). Deleting bnet folder in C:ProgramData. Danelliah-silvermoon November 16, 2022, 7:08am 4. NET. Same here, stuck on initializing. Delete the Battle. Boot into Safemode. Technical Support. Scan and repair, doesn’t work. SeriousAdult • 1 yr. Unplug your Modem and Router from the power source. then relaunched into wow and it started updating properly. After a few seconds it. < 1 2 3 >. If you want to leave a comment on whether that worked for you or not, leave the comment in that topic… not here. Let it initialize for 5-10 minutes before you think you have a problem. In such cases: Restart your router. Try uninstalling ALL versions of WoW (Classic, Wrath, and Dragonflight) through the Battle. I have the same problem, been waiting for over an hour now on initializing. Ways to Fix Fix World of Warcraft Update Stuck on Initializing on Windows 11 Run Blizzard App in a Selective Startup. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. net app Cache, also reinstalled it. Trepan-archimonde November 16. Brewmeister-ashbringer November 16, 2022, 7:46pm #124. ran as. ARTICLE: battle net just tells me the game is updating but its stuck on initializing. 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. net app, however it is permanently stuck on Initializing. I was just wondering if anyone was experiencing the same issue this morning before I create a support ticket. My Battle. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. It doesn’t move. 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. I pre purchased the Dragonflight expansion, resubbed for 3 months and wanted to install wow, but it is stuck at “Initialising”. Show more. Expect at least some free game time for this. Kranox-mazrigos. Shakazdi-wyrmrest-accord October 6, 2022, 1:03am 1. Restarting this did not work. The problem is not on my side. net app shows that there are updates for: WoW Classic. i am completely unable to play the game, after. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. You can close battle. For problems installing or patching World of Warcraft, connecting to the realms or crashing during game play. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. Delete the 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. Run the Blizzard Battle. im not the only one then? 5 Likes. net Tools folder to automatically rebuild outdated or corrupt files. msc in the search box and. The_Fluffy_Baron. net install and when I go to install Classic WoW, the install starts, gets to 82. I’ve also tried pausing and resuming with no avail and double checked there’s enough space on SSDs. Jeges-outland November 16, 2022, 7:03pm #45. 2 Common Issues Subject. Installed Battle. It should work after about a minute or two. Noob question, but my game has been stuck on Initializing for well over 50 min now. net app. Then when it loops, end the app by going to the blizzard logo in the top left, right click, and click exit. net. With W11, the result is the same. Eat food. World of Warcraft Forums. net cache folder can resolve problems with the logon module. 13. Put Battle. Tried opening wow. Not working here “Initializing” Tried all the tricks here. Same here, stuck on initializing. ”World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. exe and manually loging in, doesn’t help. net launcher but it wouldn’t reinstall. Create another 'administrator' account on the machine and use that instead. net. 2 Common Issues Subject. Step 2: In Game Settings, find your World of Warcraft and check the option Additional command line arguments. Uninstall Battle. So far nothing has worked. World of Warcraft Arena World Championship. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. Sagemode-darksorrow April 23, 2023, 11:58am #1. It started couple hours ago. Renamed the copy to retail and relaunched battlenet as admin. The Battle. Thought they would’ve made some improvements. Look for any battle. net' folder and 'Diablo IV' folder. Bobrexal • 24 days ago. net stuck at 0 B/s just because of lacking admin right. The installation however, stops at Initializing (2145572/2145572), and then goes back to Updating after a few seconds, and then back to Initializing. I'm OCE, and completely unable to patch to most recent build. If there's something preventing it from downloading, it may tell you why. Your servers are gonna be incompatible so don’t waste your time trying it. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game on Battle. net folder in its entirety. SupportTechnical Support. net cache, ran as administrator, reinstalled battle. ago. killing agent in task manager. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. any tips or fixes for it? Others have similar issues. Zuul-balnazzar November 16, 2022, 6:55pm #33. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. exe in my retail folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. Technical Support. I've now completely uninstalled everything from my Battle. After I exited retail wow again it’s just gone straight back to. So try and do a clean fresh reinstall and then let it do its thing. -Reboot PC -reinstall Battle. Imagine being on your 9th expansion and not being able to cope with what, by now, must be very predictable volumes of traffic. Kaotik-2758 February 13, 2020, 2:06pm 1. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Confirmed Wow classic WOTLK is working fine. I deleted the retail folder entirely and copied the classic folder. Installed Battle. Been stuck for more than 4 hours. net cache, ran as administrator, reinstalled battle. Thank you! Sometimes a simple reboot can fix stuck updates. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. WoW gets stuck on initializing when trying to update. net desktop app and update the game to see if the issue persists. Technical Support. net -Deleting the -Blizzard Entertainment- folder in ProgramData Still it just endlessly gets stuck on. net. (M1 Max, running OS12. net. Technical Support. Turned off my anti-virus and firewall, cleared battle. Switching battlenet launcher to the Beta version. 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… Put the birds to bed. C:\Program Files (x86)\World Of Warcraft_retail_. I even did a clean install of everything and still nothing. net desktop app. restarted and hardbooted. I have restarted the application. What a mess. I am also stuck with this problem. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. Oh sorry - it does waste my time, electricity and my mental health. Refreshing connection. Update or temporarily uninstall any security programs, which may mistakenly identify the login module as a security threat. Nowaqu-burning-legion November 16, 2022, 7:57pm #144. Jalkoth-blades-edge November 9, 2022, 6:34am #1. Sadly did not work for me. I have tried everything I possibly can find on the internet. Removing bandwidth limit. Try creating a new user account on Windows, and add it to. Users share their solutions and experiences for downloading WoW Retail on Windows 10 or 11. For whatever reason Overwatch is stuck updating itself, it just says “Initializing…”. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15,. Stuck on initializing, every update. This hasn’t worked for me. Zuvykree: Stuck on initializing. Be it for downloading, launching, or updating these games on your PC. I am unable to download the new patch and am stuck on initializing I have already restarted my entire pc. Kranox-mazrigos November 16, 2022, 7:02pm #44. Already try login out, login back, restarting computer. log file from Documents/3DMark to ul. Closing processes in task manager. Close battlenet. net launcher”. I located my Blizzard games folder, which contained the 'Battle. benchmarksupport@ul. It is now stuck on "Applying Updates 0%". (Don’t enter with your id and password) Step 4: Download WoW with your regions. And yes my drivers are up to date. Some suggest closing Steam, running as admin, or updating Windows as possible. Click the box for Safe Mode and then click the Network option underneath at the bottom. Seems its on Blizz’s back end. net desktop app, and game processes, and click End Process. I was surprised there weren’t already threads about his in this support forum. net Update stuck at 0% in your Windows 10 PC. Vanasmut-tichondrius. The update servers are unreachable. C:Program Files (x86)World of Warcraft. Quick update: I managed to get hands on another PC where I did a fresh install of b. 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; If you're having trouble installing or updating a game because. Restarted CPU and all that jazz. Edit 2: Got past the first initialization loop and into a measured megabyte download only to get stuck in yet another initialization loop. Nothing helps. I have plenty of space on my SSD, looked at other fixes and now luck. Camuz-golemagg November 16, 2022,. Couldnt get past initializing update until i did this. If your region is currently patching or undergoing maintenance there might be a known issue affecting all players. Oramir-alonsus November 16, 2022, 9:27pm. net launcher. net app. Battle Net gets stuck on initializing (Fix) It never goes past initializing. Trying to download World of Warcraft on Battle. deleting battle. Stuck on initializing screen and now ‘waiting on. 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. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Shower. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Trepan-archimonde November 16. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. Reboot your PC. That did not work for me, still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. net Agent". I uninstalled the game and am now stuck on initializing when trying to reinstall. This might fix the issue. Stuck on Initializing/Waiting on another update - Technical Support. net Desktop App, then try to update a game. 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. It will stuck in initializing again, but don't get mad! Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc>performance>resource monitor In the "resource monitor" window check at network tab, if a process "Agent. Slide the slider all the way down to never Notify. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Scan/Fix. Account, App, & Shop; World of Warcraft; Warcraft Rumble; Diablo IV; Diablo Immortal; Overwatch 2;. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. Already try login out, login back, restarting computer. Deleting bnet folder in C:\ProgramData. make sure you are running steam as admin and then run the game again. A bit late, but I was having the same issue when trying to launch WoW from the Home tab on battlenet. net launcher. I found I had to go and manually End Task on the Battle. I can’t get past the “initializing” stage to start the. Close Blizzard processes. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game because the Battle. post your log again. Support My Tickets Contact Support Support. Any work around? I had the same problem yesterday. The_Sinful. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. Chromie-ahnqiraj November 16, 2022, 9:26pm #352. Support Account My Gifts Careers Company. I have fast internet and the space on the computer. net App is stuck in a Scan & Repair loop, this usually indicates that your game data is corrupted. run Battlenet and install WOW. I have several other Battle. Restarted my computer. . Kill those processes (but don’t kill the launcher) and the update should proceed as normal. I’ve been having this issue since trying to install on my macbook last night, and wanted to outline everything. 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. Are you having trouble with your World of Warcraft installation or update? Do you see the annoying "Initializing. 2. Step 2. The app is stuck on “Updating”, with WoW Classic at 0%, PTR at 83%, and retail WoW at 0%. GOOD LUCK. I’ve also tried pausing the WoW updates to allow the desktop application to finish, but with no luck. The progress bar below the Install/Update button is currently at Initializing (242/1006) with a creeping progression. Zero progress gets made. I tried running Battle. I guess the interim fix for now is to just run the exe and log in manually. Clean up. net as an administrator and in compatibility mode. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same. Under Background processes, find " Battle. Refreshing connection. Open Task Manager. Misstps-mograine November 16, 2022, 7:45am #8. msc in the search box and select System Configuration from the best match. 2 Likes. Technical Support.