Alter your DNS to unblock Blizzard download servers, then run the update once more. I deleted the retail folder entirely and copied the classic folder. Mine is stuck on Initializing (452/452 bytes) and just doesnt budge. Can't install either wow or wow classic. Restarting battle. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. mine aswell starting downloading the game a minute ago but has gone back to the initializing. Hi! Thanks for all of the tips. Like topic says the install download will not go beyond initializing 2203048/2203048 and is in loop. H-6 before dragonflight it’s really nice. Just delete the Battle. download the wow installer here close/exit battle. Start battlenet. So try and do a clean fresh reinstall and then let it do its thing. Install stuck on "Initializing". “@Maverick_LIVE_ Go ahead and open a ticket then. When you uninstall WoW if there are any left over files or corrupt data files those may not be removed. For some reason, WOW stays stuck initializing. Windows. I've now completely uninstalled everything from my Battle. Run troubleshooting for WoW download update stuck on initializing. I’ve tried all fixes listed here plus a few others the CoD community came up with when facing the same problem. I think the download servers are dead. It should work after about a minute or two. If your region is currently patching or undergoing maintenance you may not be able to update. I did everything recommanded on forum and i can’t even install the game. The same is happening for me. net app Cache, also reinstalled it. net. I had to go in and relocate each of them and it was fine, except for World of Warcraft. Blizzard Forums Are you stuck on initializing when trying to update or launch World of Warcraft? You are not alone. Was working fine everyday im on just today it wont complete update. The_Sinful. Run as Administrator: Right-click on the installer and select “Run as Administrator” to give the installer the necessary permissions. I can’t start WoW client directly because it’s not compatible (probably because of phase two today, it needs to update). net, flushed DNS, restarted computer, restarted internet, changed internet connection, etc. I'm trying to install on macOS Ventura 13. Support Technical Support. Restart the Battle. If I try again, it keeps failing. Right click and select Run as Administrator on the launcher. Baradûr-draenor. NET and GPU. net app which I downloaded, but it didn’t help. Then press the Esc key to open the Game Menu. net folder and restart your Blizzard App. Go to the Battle. My WoW PTR update remains at 83%, WoW Classic and Retail. net and wait a minute and it should start initializing. Check out this thread and see if any of them work for you. For real though, I have no clue. I have been trying to install retail WoW all evening, and the battle. Open the Blizzard app. Boards. I even did a clean install of everything. I've followed every step I possibly could, and still. Nerd-argent-dawn November 16, 2022, 8:17pm #181. I can’t get past the “initializing” stage to start the. What a mess. net client. Check out this thread to see what worked for them and how you can get back. ALL OTHER GAMES ARE INSTALLING CORRECTLY. net Tools folder to automatically rebuild. Beloratai-argent-dawn January 1, 2023, 3:31pm #3. I know global download speeds are low but I have. Two possible workarounds that could help are listed below until we get this fully resolved: Try clearing the Battle. Stuck on initializing, can’t play. A bit late, but I was having the same issue when trying to launch WoW from the Home tab on battlenet. Ive followed all the steps ive ran as an admin, ive deleted all cache folders etc. Something else to try - there is a little downwards pointing arrow at the top of the bnet launcher. net Delete the Cache folder. Scan & repair files, uninstalled wow and downloaded again as well the battle. Delete the Battle. Check if battlenet is actually doing anything. Support Account My Gifts Careers Company. and when I tried renaming the World of Warcraft folder to do a clean install it got stuck at “intializing” 1 Like. I have plenty of space on my SSD, looked at other fixes and now luck. net desktop app and update the game to see if the issue persists. run Battlenet and install WOW. Please read the following rules before commenting:If Battle. net Desktop App; Update or. Once you are at character select, close the first unauthenticated WoW. I located my Blizzard games folder, which contained the 'Battle. Nallianah-wyrmrest-accord. Nothing changes it. On the other hand, if you’re still stuck at the initializing screen, make sure to move on. Plus now I logged out to update addons and hey it’s stuck on initializing and won’t update. Close all other applications. IF it D. same and “w8ing for another patch”. Updater stuck on Initializing Updater. Are you having trouble with your World of Warcraft installation or update? Do you see the annoying "Initializing. b) Manage to select a location. net desktop app may resolve rare launcher issues. I'm OCE, and completely unable to patch to most recent build. Ive even tried installing WoW directly from the link which updates the Battlenet app f. Ive tried everything from updating pc, uninstalling battle net, deleting temp folders. net. If the Battle. Here, you can select "Flush DNS" and "Flush Network Cache. I thought it was battle. Your computer has had it with wow and cancelled its own subscription. Right-click on the Battle. net If Battle. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15, 2022, 7:00pm #2. Unplug your Modem and Router from the power source. )Stuck on scanning and repair mode - General Discussion - World of. Baradûr-draenor. Then try wow again. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. It’s the same result. Help! Since the newest patch in WoW I’ve been unable to load the game. net. World of Warcraft on Reddit! I had this happen on my old Windows 10 computer. net launcher but it wouldn’t reinstall. Shakazdi-wyrmrest-accord October 6, 2022, 1:03am 1. I had the same issue basically installer stuck on “initializing” and “Grabbing another update” for over an hour. Disable any proxies that may interfere with the login module. Nowaqu-burning-legion November 16, 2022, 7:57pm #144. I had the same issue basically installer stuck on “initializing” and “Grabbing another update” for over an hour. ); agreeing to the confirmation prompt (after finding it on screen!) to trust the server certificate and carry on connecting (i. Configure your security software's exception list to allow Blizzard applications to run. Start up the launcher, and it just says Initializing. For example, when I try to install COD: MW I get stuck at the screen “Call of Duty: MW Installation” popup with the loading indicator in the bottom right spinning. Didn’t do anything. Updated: 3 weeks ago Article ID: 13934. 4MB/s. Etzzy-doomhammer January 27, 2020, 6:22pm #4. Removed the Cache files in the hidden ProgramData files. It should say Install instead of Play. Been stuck like that for an hour or so now. This resolved this issue for me. Okay, I found the solution for my stucked installation. This is what I see when I run the Creative Cloud Setup installer. net app installation is doing the same thing: getting stuck on the Updating function. If you don’t see all 3 folders in each. net installation directory, and the default path should look like this: C:\ProgramData\Blizzard Entertainment\Battle. Already try login out, login back, restarting computer. It looks like the installer/updated is stuck in a loop, as every time, it moves from initializing, it gives a set of number that increment until is gets to the number is being reported before (2145571/2145571). External drives are usually formatted exFAT by default and the game won't run on that. There has been a bug in bnet for as long as I remember where either the remaining data or download speed are reported wrong or the download just seems "stuck". net Update Agent" or something similar, and end the task. net, so I uninstalled and now bnet re-install is stuck on 0% for a few hours. And now, finally, I removed everything related to BattleNet, Blizzard, and World of Warcraft and started a new fresh install. ive force stopped it and re downloaded battle net. Technical Support. Update 2: Finally got past the indexes… but the download speed of the game is atrocious at 2. Followed alot of tips from forum posts with similar problem. net as admin. Both are recent installs of the OS. Start the installation of WoW (or any other game), installation will most likely grey out and be stuck or barely do any progress If that is the case, run sudo chattr -i Agent. it’s not even downloading it just initializing over and over and you have to wait like 15 mins to even play the game. I have tried troubleshooting with every article available for a variety of issues. 2 Common Issues CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. I’m stuck as well…. Battlenet is the go-to client if you want to play big title games like Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, World of Warcraft, etc. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. This is one of the most common reasons that cause Battle. Also. Camera turning gets stuck randomly. • Disabling Auto-Updates in the client. net launcher”. Agnass-anvilmar. Did a scan and repair but it was still stuck on initializing. Not working here “Initializing” Tried all the tricks here. For problems installing or patching World of Warcraft, connecting to the realms or crashing during game play. Seems a widespread issue. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. net Update Agent process (Agent. net app completely, didn’t help. 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, . 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. Support Technical Support. make sure you are running steam as admin and then run the game again. 1: 145: October 24, 2023 MacOS - Memory leak since Beta DF and WoW goes to 120 GO of Memory. Click the Settings menu option. Program Data was a hidden file, so you'll have to go to view and check 'Hidden Items' to view this folder. At least it worked for me. net desktop app. Click on locate the game, choose the folder. Technical Support. Same happened to me yesterday. g. Delete the Battle. After installing the battle. Under Network Bandwidth, set both the Latest updates and Future patch data values to 0 (0 means Unlimited). I have fast internet and the space on the computer. Test the internet speed. 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. net App (skip Step 6 for now, we will re-install later). Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Open comment sort options Best; Top; New. I’ve also tried pausing and resuming with no avail and double checked there’s enough space on SSDs. I recently uninstalled it to make room for another game. Sometime, this process might become buggy and thus lead to “waiting on another installation or update” issue. Delete the Battle. -force quit battle. Also if you're not installing on your main partition, make sure you have free space on it since the installer might use. Had the same issue from a clean install of DF yesterday after I was unable to down load the patch… I left it to install when it stopped at 2145571/2145571 after 15hrs then game finally started downloading this morning… all I. 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. Inside there, you can find Blizzard Entertainment and Battle. Press the Reset In-Game Options button to confirm. Hit the Windows key and R. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing Troubleshooting steps for when a. My WoW PTR update remains at 83%, WoW Classic and Retail remain at 0% updates, and the app is stuck on “…Initializing” no matter which update I set it on executing. Fogg-silvermoon November 18, 2022, 7:06am #551. 4. Now if only I could do the same with hearthstone… WoW gets stuck on initializing when trying to update. Go to the Battle. After execution, the installation should continue normally That is how I temporarily solved the issue. net -closing tasks in Task Manager related to Battle. net . net folder in its entirety. While being stuck it also sends and downloads data at full speed, so battle. net app completely, didn’t help. just gets stuck. . Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any. World of Warcraft Forums Support Technical Support. Read on the forum that you can try to reinstall the battle. net Desktop App is stuck at "Initializing," try the following steps: Restart Battle. Wait for a minute then plug your modem and router back into the power source. net to place World of Warcraft. I was able to resolve this issue using a VPN, setting my location to Hong Kong. WoW will launch without your BNet login. What i did to fix my problem, was to close the battlenet and then deleted "battlenet" and "Blizzard Entertainment" folders at C:ProgramData. I deleted the retail folder entirely and copied the classic folder. It also doesn’t matter. 3. rename the Diablo 4 Beta folder. Restarted my PC and was able to start up wow just fine. net. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. How to fix the WoW update stuck initializing? Reboot both your router and modem. Uncheck everything on Network Bandwith. Technical Support For problems installing or patching World of Warcraft, connecting to the realms or crashing during game play. 4 GB. Update stuck at initializing. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game on Battle. 2. Step 4. Vanasmut-tichondrius. exe,. net app and re open it or when I quit WoW (no matter which version) - Retail, TBC and Classic keeps updating. net to place World of Warcraft. 8 MB in the Initialization phase, and then stops and switches to Updating. It took about an hour for the process to finish initializing and I had to completely uninstall wow TBC classic before it would start to update my retail wow. < 1 2 3 >. net agents running and I had to add all of them to the windows defender firewall exception list (I did not have to do on my new Windows 11 machine). net application. Some suggest closing Steam, running as admin, or updating Windows as possible fixes. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Sort. Help please. Im at a loss on what to do. net launcher. The steps that worked for me was as follows: Make sure auto-update is disabled on your Battle. net processes, restarting, etc. If I pause and resume it gets stuck on waiting on another update, despite being the only battlenet-game on the computer. exe. No, I use 'vCenter server' as the host name. It never goes past initializing. i tried everything I deleted the bnet and tried everything I could read and still stuck at Initializing, with a folder that has 1,232 Files, and 11 Folders on the install. 1 Like. So far nothing has worked. Stuck on ‘initializing’. Then input -d3d11 in the box. Nothing is working it's stuck on initializing and I am unable to even install World of Warcraft even though I was playing regularly just the other day. Muthar-burning-legion December 10, 2022, 9:13am 620. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. For me it is stuck at initializing. I tried restarting the client, I tried rebooting my computer. net to place World of Warcraft. If I try again, it keeps failing. I’ll have to wait, I guess. g. net files from appdata, localappdata, etc. So, this worked for me. Etzzy-doomhammer January 27, 2020, 6:22pm #4. net app completely, didn’t help. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III | Reddit. The Battle. net App is stuck in a Scan & Repair loop, this usually indicates that your game data is corrupted. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. Tried restarting PC, reinstalling bnet, repair client, clean registers, try to set game folder to full permissions, yet nothing happens, tho I see that network activity is happening. How to fix WoW update stuck on initializing – World of Warcraft. " Disable VPN: The Battle. Revert the folder name change. If your World of Warcraft update is stuck initializing, there are a few things you can try to fix the issue. Step 3. I have rebooted the. g. Following someone elses advice, I tried uninstalling the battle. From here select “Support” then “Repair Tool”. Hello i picked the game up after years of not playing I fresh installed the game but its stuck at Initializing I tried everything I could see in the forums . Under Background processes, find " Battle. Stuck on Initializing/Waiting on another update - Technical Support. Now I got stuck in the Initializing 2145581/2145581 loop. Try logging out of the Battle. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same … Completely wipe every mention of blizzard from Applications, Library in ~/ and /, and reinstall 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. When installing, game switches to “Updating” and gets into the loop of getting “Initializing (2127019/2127019)”. net, uninstalled Battle. I repaired the client 3 times and it is still stuck in 99% Initializing for 3 hours now. exe. Battlenet installs no problem, its just the initializing loop when trying to download WoW. Right-click on the “Partition” on which the game has been installed and select “Properties”. 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. Wow! Now i cant even install Battle. Wait for a minute then plug your modem and router back into the power source. Stuck on initializing, every update. net stuck at 0 B/s just because of lacking admin right. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. net launcher (or window). I’ve tried everything listed on this thread (including trying with my antivirus turned off), but I still am stuck on initializing (2145571/2145571). Confirm changes. Blizzard, hello!? When will you fix this problem??? Bunch of threads about this problem, many people are facing this issue FOR 10+ DAYS NOW!!! And what we get is ONE damn bluepost with no ETA… THIS IS PATHETIC, FIX YOUR GOD DAMN LAUNCHER Topics about the problem:It can repair corrupted files fix errors in the game’s database and even reset addons and keybindings. When I started the launcher today it showed updates, but then didn’t load them. Open Battle. net Launcher and attempt the installation again. It is now stuck on "Applying Updates 0%". I have followed the instructions mentioned here: WOW Stuck at Initializing but to no avail. Scan and repair, doesn’t work. i cant install because im still i initializing… ive also attempted to install in a new folder. Been paying a monthly sub for a game that doesn’t install. Many connection issues including slow bandwidth, BNS cache, unstable Internet can trigger the Blizzard app stuck on initializing. For PC, A. Initializing Checking Residency. Close other applications (Steam, etc) Switched to Google's DNS. In the Processes tab, end all processes related to the Blizzard app. Follow these steps to restart the app, update or uninstall security programs, delete the tools folder, and update your drivers and operating system. net;. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. It will work then. Unlucky I failed in the first step and I found No answers in Google. Technical Support. How to install a Blizzard game you already own on a different computer. However, the update wouldn't ever start actually. 5 Likes. I've done some browsing forums and stuff for similar issues in the past, have tried killing update agent and restarting, completely rebooting, there was some recommendations for updating windows to the most recent version, which was done last night. net as admin. net in Program Files (x86) and Program Data. net installation directory, and the default path should look like this: C:ProgramDataBlizzard EntertainmentBattle. And, yes, this is a fresh install on my laptop. net installer. killing agent in task manager. net launcher keeps showing “Updating” and “Initializing”… and 0% completion. net launcher, and started re-installing wotlk. If everything looks good on your end, try restarting the game client and see if the update starts downloading again. - install some performance boosting mods like rim thread, rocketman etc, those mods mess up tickrates and may cause some minor issues down the line with specific mods. Technical Support. net processes, restarting, etc. 2. net desktop app. Create a new directory. Run as Administrator: Right-click on the installer and select “Run as Administrator” to give the installer the necessary permissions. Hellbirah-aggramar July 14, 2023, 7:57pm #3. 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. But I have troubles to install the game. Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to: “choose “This PC. Like topic says the install download will not go beyond initializing 2203048/2203048 and is in loop. and still the installer is 1 very slow to install and 2 gets stuck anywhere between 40% and 55%. У меня Windows 11.