NET and GPU. Pointyënd-ashkandi July 13, 2023, 8:53am #1. I had the same problem (on Windows 10), the installer kept getting stuck on "Initializing 0% (528/528). net Launcher. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15, 2022, 7:00pm 2. net, even if I also. End Battle. net . Blizzard, the sovereign leader in MMO genre, offers a great desktop client that still doesn’t shy from issues of its own. Having the same problem for the last 20 minutes now…. NET. Have tried stopping all the battle. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15, 2022, 7:00pm #2. Breaking News Blizzard Support - Longer than usual wait times World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. Brewmeister-ashbringer November 16, 2022, 7:46pm #124. Blizzard servers? Being totally inadequate?WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. You can close battle. I stopped using the launcher for wow. Phantasticus-azuremyst November 16, 2022, 7:54pm #139. 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. Kranox-mazrigos. Please help, this is beyond. If your World of Warcraft (WoW) update is stuck on "initializing," it can be caused by various factors. Their issue that they need to fix. Battle Net gets stuck on initializing (Fix)I bought Dragonflight for my friend however when he's trying to install World of Warcraft, it is stuck initializing forever at 2145571 / 2145571 . Having the same issue. Follow these steps to troubleshoot and resolve the issue: restart the app, update or uninstall security programs, delete the tools folder, close other applications, and update or reinstall drivers and operating system. I’ve had just about enough of this. This resolved this issue for me. The progress bar below the Install/Update button is currently at Initializing (242/1006) with a creeping progression. I’m trying to reinstall WoW but it’s just stuck on 0% initializing forever. The new Battle. Every now and then it’ll start downloading at like 150 bytes a second for a minute then get back to being stuck at initializing. The problem is not on my side. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. Thought they would’ve made some improvements after OW2’s awful launch. This worked for me I downloaded the wow exe from. Jadzía-cthun (Jadzía) November 16, 2022, 6:57pm #35. Initializing (XXX/1006) It is moving incredibly slowly for having gigabit internet and SSD storage. Uninstalled Battlenet thinking it would help if I reinstalled but now it’s stuck on installing. Good job releasing a patch for Call of Duty and WoW on the same day on servers from grandma’s basement. Anyway stuck initializing after I hit 65%…. To fix the problem, you can try running Bettle. If you’re having trouble installing or updating a game because the Battle. net files, or a problem connecting to the patching server. Technical Support. Now, I tried something different. Shogox-2378 November 18, 2023, 10:57am 1. Very frustrating. net client right? Dèschanel-stormrage July 11, 2023, 11:45pm #3. Restarting the Diablo download and changing D4 installation folder had no success either. Technical Support. Technical Support. Thaelia-deathwing. 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. Try clearing the Battle. Earlier today, I got stuck in a never-ending scan and repair loop. . SjurEido. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. net folder. Seemed to me people weren’t resolving this issue by trying obscure stuff involving reinstalls, VPNs and other crap - what was really fixing it was reconnecting to the update servers over and. all other games work fine, just not wow. 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. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Ranor-argent-dawn November 16, 2022, 8:49pm #263. I have deleted Battle. :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. Its been like this for a while. Shocckington-tichondrius November 14, 2023, 4:52pm 2. Alcatrazchad-silvermoon. Thought they would’ve made some improvements after OW2’s awful launch. 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. Same here, stuck on initializing. Now head to the Compatibility tab and check on the Run this program as an administrator option. Very frustrating. Technical Support. I’ve tried restarting Battle. Sadly, same here stuck at “Initializing…” for hour and half now. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. Still stuck, cannot play the game i pay for. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. Is there a fix to this or a new problem/bug that. Anyway stuck initializing after I hit 65%…. Are you having trouble with your World of Warcraft installation or update? Do you see the annoying "Initializing. 13. Im at a loss on what to do. I have uninstalled battlenet and all games, deleted all folders, even the hidden ones. After that, navigate to the following path: C : ProgramData Blizzard Entertainment Battle. net and update the game to see if the issue persists. Open the Battle. It started couple hours ago. The “agent” is crashing my whole internet connection, does nothing. not to mention fixing my OS. 1 Like. If I uninstall battle. Uncheck everything on Network Bandwith. All of the answers I can find or get from Blizzard revolve around clearing my cache, reinstalling battle. com Subject: Mac Download Stuck Attachment: The log file of. 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. Up to two hours before the download starts. idx files, doing a clean install of the battlenet launcher, clearing the battlenet cache, restarting my computer, and launching battlenet as admin, relaunching countless times and just letting it sit for an hour now and it hasn’t budged whatsoeverWoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. same and “w8ing for another patch”. Wish they fix this issue. If your region is currently patching or undergoing maintenance there might be a known issue affecting all players. Tried opening wow. Restart the Battle. I can’t even install battle net app… I did it because I was stuck on initializing, and now I’m completely stuck with app… it’s annoying. Technical Support. Technical Support. Brewmeister-ashbringer November 16, 2022, 7:46pm #124. Лунокрыл-eversong November 16, 2022, 6:53am #3. Restarted bnet. Getting stuck on initializing can. I had the same problem with being stuck on initializing for about 2 hours. catflapps. Restarting 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. Leave this window open, and alt-tab to the Battle. net, updating windows 10 optional and intel, deleting the Warcraft files multiple times. Sometimes fetching download manifest. Goto the Cog icon above your Email and switch to a different region. net app and start a new install of Dragonflight. Technical Support. So glad I’m not the only one. Seems its on Blizz’s back end. Skarbrand-kazzak November 29, 2022,. Katalin-ghostlands November 16, 2022, 6:23pm #17. Solution 4. net. 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. I even did a clean install of everything. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game on Battle. Caellen-doomhammer November 16, 2022, 9:17pm #331. Once you have the zip file, please email it to us: [email protected] on update/initializing. You can do that here: ^JH”WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. net app Cache, also reinstalled it. net launcher. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. 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. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. Following someone elses advice, I tried uninstalling the battle. Hexenmeíster-amanthul November 16, 2022, 7:06pm #49. Stuck on Initializing. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. How to resolve this issue when installing or updating a game. What more can we even attempt?I was given the advice to use these instructions found in the “Blizzard Support: Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing” and it worked for me. net Processes. I think the download servers are dead. Craftgoblin-guldan November 16, 2022, 9:17pm #332. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing". Baerduun-defias-brotherhood November 28, 2022, 3:12pm. Then once they are all uninstalled, go in and manually delete the main World of Warcraft folder where the game was. Blizzard ForumsWoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. 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. Femfatale-haomarush. Exact same issue here, stuck in initializing for 25 minutes now. Try uninstalling ALL versions of WoW (Classic, Wrath, and Dragonflight) through the Battle. Still stuck on initializing. WoW update is stuck on initializing. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game because the Battle. I can’t start WoW client directly because it’s not compatible. WoW will launch without your BNet login. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15, 2022, 7:00pm #2. 1 Like. Also stuck on. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. my battlenet client is trying to update wow and its stuck on initializing. I had the same issue basically installer stuck on “initializing” and “Grabbing another update” for over an hour. 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. Deleting the 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”. all other games work fine, just not wow. I have done a clean uninstall and reinstall several times now, clearing temp, localappdata, programdata, etc each time, and still. Ethernia-tirion November 16, 2022, 7:16pm #67. no luck (new admin user, disabling antiviruses, UAC exceptions and so on). Katalin-ghostlands November 16, 2022, 6:23pm #17. Technical Support. net or WoW processes sitting in the background via your task manager. Follow same steps to turn Safe mode off and boot back normally. I recently uninstalled it to make room for another game. net app, but now Im on 0% for installing battle. net” or at 0% when trying to install… Tried all steps I found anywhere on the internet, nothing fixed it. net' folder and 'Diablo IV' folder. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. I even did a clean install of everything and still nothing. also stuck on initializing, currently at 30 minutes, really frustrating!. My Battle. Completely close the battle net app then navigate to the directory above. Kymthegreat-staghelm November 8, 2023, 6:23pm 1. 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. I even did a clean install of everything. Update stuck at initializing News & Discussion Hi there my battle net client is stuck at installing the new update, it's been like this for one hour now. Open Task Manager. 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. Féyre-burning-blade November 16, 2022, 9:21pm #344. net, uninstalled Battle. If it’s still getting stuck, go ahead and post your. Baerduun-defias-brotherhood November 28, 2022, 3:12pm 599. net client, rule out internet problems, clean the Battle. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Edit: Nvm its frozen at 56%. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. 1 Like. Lew-sunstrider November 16, 2022, 7:10pm #58. Tried opening wow. You can close battle. 2 Likes. I’ve gone into Task Manager and killed all Blizzard. I located my Blizzard games folder, which contained the 'Battle. Zero progress gets made. Solution is play another game that actually works. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. net with Admin Right and in Compatibility Mode. With their resources and experience they should be better than this. Lightpetal-azuremyst November 16, 2022, 7:50pm #130. exe in my retail folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. ago • Edited 1 yr. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. well thats weird, launching the wow. If you don’t see all 3 folders in each. My current speed test shows 300mbit+ and another game downloaded just a bit earlier at 40mb/s. ran as admin, uninstalled. That did not work for me, still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. After Uninstalling I cant even re-install WoW at all this is crazy it just keeps scanning and repairing and says its going to update then fails over and over, horrible. Technical Support. 2 Likes. “Let’s release WZ 2. Updated Windows 10, . Run Battle. net agent is continuously crashing and restarting the “initializing” step of the download. Technical Support. Mostly with the recently. Just navigate to where your WoW installation is (usually C:Program FilesWorld of Warcraft) and delete those three folders. Zuul-balnazzar November 16, 2022, 7:11pm #60. net again. Scan & repair files, uninstalled wow and downloaded again as well the battle. cleared caches. Update stuck on initializing. Aedzy-draenor June 13, 2023, 10:06am #1. thought it was just me… gave up and uninstalled - now I can’t reinstall. 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. net app. Some of the time Battle. net App (skip Step 6 for now, we will re-install later). 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, . Eldrêth-argent-dawn November 16, 2022, 9:07am #10. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15, 2022, 7:00pm #2. For me it started yesterday already. 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. Troubleshooting steps for when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing"“@Maverick_LIVE_ Go ahead and open a ticket then. Here are the instructions. Hellbirah-aggramar July 14, 2023, 7:57pm #3. Close battle. Technical Support. 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. Try logging out of the Battle. battle. Same issue here, also on a Mac Studio (M1 Max, running OS12. Anyway stuck initializing after I hit 65%…. net launcher but it wouldn’t reinstall. Look for any battle. net_old'. Restarting the PC. net, the app may be stuck at "Initializing" and not progressing. I have been trying to install retail WoW all evening, and the battle. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. Blizzard seems to have a network issue. Delete the Battle. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. Stuck on "Initializing. I’ve turned on viewing of hidden files and deleted the Battle. PC with fresh install has Windows 10 while mine is Windows 11. 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. reinstalling WoW with partial deletion of the data files. After the crash, it started an update. ago. Initially stuck on “initializing”, then uninstalled Battle. 1 Like. Every single time WoW has an update, no matter how small, I get stuck on initializing. net. Wait for the update. Waiting on update after trying to pause it for whatever reason. Start the update (installation in your case) Close the Battle. net and it finally updated. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. WoW Download is stuck on initializing. Have tried stopping all the battle. If Battle. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. I’m having the same issue. Hopefully that helps, good luck! Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did nothing, several times. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Katalin-ghostlands November 16, 2022, 6:23pm #17. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. Try plugging your computer directly into your modem. 0% Updating, nothing is happening - > I closed Battle. restarted and hardbooted. Technical Support. It should say Install instead of Play. This error is searched as battle net waiting on another update and overwatch 2 stuck on initializin. WoW Installation stuck at initializing. 10 Likes. I have tried restarting my pc, disabling the firewall and running as admin there has been no joy still stuck on initializing. Katalin-ghostlands November 16, 2022, 6:23pm #17. I can download any other blizzard game, classic, overwatch, diablo all fine. Don’t expect Blizzard to have any form of smooth launch. com. The update can stay in initializing mode for 30-45-60 min. I lost a whole evening with this bs last time and then in the morning it worked fine. Welbert-argent-dawn November 16, 2022, 6:54pm #32. Today i had a update on Battle Net app, now it started to update WOW, its stuck in “Initializing” for over 1 hour, restarted the update, the app, the PC and nothing happens. The “agent” is crashing my whole internet connection, does nothing. net Desktop app. Scan and repair doesn’t work either. i have uninstalled both wow and battlenet. Scan and repair, doesn’t work. No words…. → When I came home, Waiting for another update is no. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same … Hopefully it gets a fix. Shogox-2378 November 18, 2023, 10:57am 1. I fixed mine! I had to pause all updates. Click on the “Disk Cleanup” button under the “General” tab and then click on the “OK” button. It got to initializing and is not going any further. Been this way for 2 days, Did a windows update (I'm on 11, theres a . Ballbreaker-burning-legion November 16, 2022, 10:27pm #456. Kranox-mazrigos. I’ve tried: Other games update and download without issues. Kymthegreat-staghelm November 8, 2023, 6:23pm 1. Stuck on initializing. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. Bnet Agent crashing when initializing fresh install. Stuck on Initializing. I had the same issue a few days ago and I fixed it by launching the game through wow. Switching battlenet launcher to the Beta version. Unable to update retail after 25/10 patch. net processes, restarting, etc. net says it has another update working. ago • Edited 1 yr. Hatorri-argent-dawn November 16, 2022, 7:43pm #121. Go to Download Manager. Was looking forward to a nice evening with. This is found in C:/ProgramData (which is a hidden folder). net app completely, didn’t help. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is a 2023 first-person shooter video game primarily developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. Many players have reported this issue on the official forums and some of them have found solutions. 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. 13. 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. Then when it loops, end the app by going to the blizzard logo in the top left, right click, and click exit. Once you are at character select, close the first unauthenticated WoW. rip blizzard. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. 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. Thank you. 1. exe in my retail folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. Restart the Battle. I've followed every step I possibly could, and still. net or World of Warcraft processes in the Task Manager. 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 had WotLK and retail installed but it still could not locate either one even after manually pointing it at the file location. Technical Support. Once the game ran, the “Initializing” disappeared and the PLAY button lit up. Tried restarting deleting cache folder restarting comp. Updated Windows 10, . Slide the slider all the way down to never Notify. PS tried all the steps you mentioned as well as reinstalling bnet. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. net should fix the issue, but a addon manager sometimes. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. Voodoopanda-stormscale November 16, 2022, 6:42pm #24. 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, . 57 Likes. Uninstalling and reinstalling would not be a problem normally, but with the low download rate that the game manages (thanks blizzard download servers!) and being unwilling to run the pc over night, I’ll lose another half day of beta time. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game because the Battle. If installed I would disable or set to default any. I have the same problem, been waiting for over an hour now on initializing. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr. Same issue here, tried restarting pc back to initializing.