Game update starts and then stops installing. Conscious_Occasion • 24 days ago. If your World of Warcraft (WoW) update is stuck on "initializing," it can be caused by various factors. The installation however, stops at Initializing (2145572/2145572), and then goes back to Updating after a few seconds, and then back to Initializing. 3M subscribers in the wow community. What a mess. I've followed every step I possibly could, and still. ago. 2 Likes. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. Initializing is taking forever. 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. Wait for a minute then plug your modem and router back into the power source. Did a scan and repair but it was still stuck on initializing. 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. net cache. NET and GPU. Cofe-azuremyst November 16, 2022, 7:20pm #72. I have followed the instructions mentioned here: WOW Stuck at Initializing but to no avail. Just delete the Battle. This forum exists to provide support for the Blizzard Application, with a place to discuss technical issues with each other and Blizzard Tech Suppo…. Last resort I went to my Mobile HotSpot. net cache files following the steps Here. net Desktop Application gets stuck on Downloading New Files. killing agent in task manager. I can’t reinstall WoW. Technical Support. AggravatingTest3760. net to re-install each one. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same … World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. Was recently kicked out of the game a little over thirty minutes ago (right before the second stage of the time rift), and now I apparently need to apply an update for the second time today. Already try login out, login back, restarting computer. WoW Stuck on Initializing Help Trying to download World of Warcraft on Battle. Once the game ran, the “Initializing” disappeared and the PLAY button lit up. Ways to Fix Fix World of Warcraft Update Stuck on Initializing on Windows 11 Run Blizzard App in a Selective Startup. NET and GPU. Community Tournaments. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. net App. net in Program Files (x86) and Program Data. net Agent". I tried restarting the client, I tried rebooting my computer. Stuck on initializing. Third day in a row now. Have already restarted my PC and tried to pause/restart the update. Missing Gnomelia and/or Hearthstone Card Back After Defeating Hogger. Support My Tickets Contact Support Support. -force quit battle. Click the Settings menu option. Other games in the Blizzard launcher all download fine, it's. Put Battle. 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. net folder. net app icon and choose ‘Run as administrator’. Once the game ran, the “Initializing” disappeared and the PLAY button lit up. When I run 'ipconfig /flushdns' to flush the local DNS cache and watch my PiHole, I see a request for us. Hit the Windows key and R. Any help on this from the tech savvy would be appreciated. ago. Blizzard ForumsGlad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. Update stuck at initializing. Groót-quelthalas November 16, 2022, 8:28pm #208. November 14, 2023. Click the Downloads tab and scroll down to the bottom and you will see. I repaired the client 3 times and it is still stuck in 99% Initializing for 3 hours now. CAS System Unable. 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. I’ve gone into Task Manager and killed all Blizzard. Foxaris-draenor November 28, 2022, 9:52pm. . Look for any battle. I deleted the retail folder entirely and copied the classic folder. PC with fresh install has Windows 10. Paused the update and when I resume it says something about being in a queue. net app completely, didn’t help. net App. Tick the checkbox for Hidden items, and click on the Program Data folder. Reboot your PC. Certain permissions and features can only be accessed if you have granted admin rights to the World of Warcraft game. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. [Main Thread] - High World MS during afternoon - Nova/Wind ISP/Telecom Italia Sparkle Nov 2023. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. Try connecting your device directly to your computer and test in different USB ports on your PC. All subsequent reattempts and repairs always failed with the “whoops. Tried opening wow. Imagine being on your 9th expansion and not being able to cope with what, by now, must be very predictable volumes of traffic. Technical Support. Start the update (installation in your case) Close the Battle. net application. Technical Support. exe from the retail directory bypasses it, it almost immediately stops initialising while launching the game, and game runs fine, no wrong version errors or anything. SeriousAdult • 1 yr. Honesty just give it time. Danelliah-silvermoon November 16, 2022, 7:08am 4. Check the ”Hide all Microsoft services” box. Are many others having this problem? Battle net launcher seams stuck on updating… just spinning at Initializing 0%. Every time I close Battle. Voodoopanda-stormscale November 16, 2022, 7:34pm. Fresh Battle. Turn off your PC. 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. Disable any proxies that may interfere with the login module. 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. start installing the game but close the battlenet launcher again as soon as it starts actually downloading. Restarting this did not work. I located my Blizzard games folder, which contained the 'Battle. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. :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” 🙃Best. Renamed the copy to retail and relaunched battlenet as admin. Refreshing connection. The “update” is just stuck at 0 %. Deleted my World of Warcraft folder . net process in task manager and then right click > launch as administrator on battle. 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. Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did nothing, several times. See full list on makeuseof. Thaelia-deathwing. So I have not played for years decided to download the battle. I'm OCE, and completely unable to patch to most recent build. So, this worked for me. 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. I r…open the retail folder and use the WOW Icon to get into the game. 2. 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 location that never update or have. im not the only one then? 5 Likes. 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. LoadingWoW download stuck on "initializing". Brewmeister-ashbringer November 16, 2022, 7:46pm #124. Here’s how to fix your screen freezing in the loading men in World of Warcraft: The battle. same here… pls send help. I might have re-installed the launcher and the game completely from scratch. • 1 yr. Updated: 3 weeks ago Article ID: 13934. Hey, probably not many people in my situation but I’m trying to install WoW again (for obvious reasons 😃 ) and I’m stuck at installing the battle. See the original post and comments on r/wow subreddit. Chandrah-magtheridon November 16, 2022, 9:28pmWorld of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. I've now completely uninstalled everything from my Battle. 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. Cook food. Camuz-golemagg November 16, 2022,. Cannot update wow at all. Wait until the lights. Sheqz-tarren-mill November 16, 2022,. thought it was just me… gave up and uninstalled - now I can’t reinstall. mine aswell starting downloading the game a minute ago but has gone back to the initializing. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. Same here, stuck on initializing. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. I started experiencing this issue a few hours ago after being spammed with lua errors in-game with no addons enabled. Technical Support. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. WoW download stuck on "initializing". Its been like this for a while. Windows applied an update last week and since then haven’t been able to log in or update WoW. Type msconfig. Within this directory just delete the folder named Battle. I’ve tried all fixes listed here plus a few others the CoD community came up with when facing the same problem. 1 Like. Install stuck on "Initializing". 4. cleared caches. exe in my folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. That did not work for me, still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. Disable all the background apps and close the other running apps other than WoW on your PC. net Tools folder to automatically rebuild outdated or corrupt files. Try de-instal and then cleanup hdd + register. net Update stuck at 0% in your Windows 10 PC. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. i went a step further and ended vanguard and gamepass tasks as well. selective startup. The download progress bar is stuck at 0 b/s. Received Wrong Amount of Bloody Tokens from PvP World Quest - Overcoming A Mountain: Krolkoth. well thats weird, launching the wow. net Launcher. World of Warcraft ⚡ Guardians of the Dream - Common Issues CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. Unplug your Modem and Router from the power source. Switching battlenet launcher to the Beta version. Follow same steps to turn Safe mode off and boot back normally. Technical Support. World of Warcraft - Patch Stuck on Initializing - Update Probl…About 2 hrs this morning. I have tried restarting my pc, disabling the firewall and running as admin there has been no joy still stuck on initializing. If anybody has this problem, open task manager and end the task "Agent". 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. Perma "Updating/Initializing". World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. net . Its been like this for a while. But it is stuck at "initializing", no matter what I do. Technical Support. I have several other Battle. Started downloading. The progress bar below the Install/Update button is currently at Initializing (242/1006) with a creeping progression. net, the game started to update, as usual. Removing bandwidth limit. I can’t start WoW client directly because it’s not compatible (probably because of phase two today, it. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. 2 Common Issues Subject. Kranox-mazrigos. Already submitted 3 bug reports through the battle. Greetings all, We’ve been working to improve some of the available troubleshooting resources for our games. Select all Agent, Blizzard, and game processes, and click End Process. My current speed test shows 300mbit+ and another game downloaded just a bit earlier at 40mb/s. 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. Technical Support. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. I am sorry but I can't remember exactly. 270. Close all Battle. Just going in an endless loop of saying it’s updating but doesn’t actually do anything. Close all other applications to resolve software conflicts and free up resources. ALL OTHER GAMES ARE INSTALLING CORRECTLY. After that, navigate to the following path: C : ProgramData Blizzard Entertainment Battle. Stuck on. You almost certainly don’t, and it just takes a while to get. 2 Common Issues Subject. net app shows that there are updates for: WoW Classic. ran as. “@jaebird88 (2) Right-click the WoW icon on your desktop & select run as administrator. Why can’t I install World of Warcraft? Try creating a new administrator account to resolve. Same here, stuck on initializing. In this scenario, you can fix the discussed issue by following the below-listed instructions. Tried that, and completely uninstalled and reinstalled Bnet. Expect at least some free game time for this. Step 5. Update or temporarily uninstall any security programs, which may mistakenly identify the login module as a security threat. This is what fixed it for me. Technical Support. net ” (without quotes). You can close battle. Completely delete the battlenet folder with its files in C:ProgramData. Step 2. Click on This PC (Windows 10) and open the system partition C. net Launcher. Uninstalled everything to do with battlenet launcher, used VPN to switch country, reinstalled launcher and located game and started update straight away. Running windows 10. Already ran as Admin, renamed folders, flushed DNS…. Support Technical Support. Thought they would’ve made some improvements. Make sure your firewall or antivirus isn’t blocking Battle. Stuck on "Initializing. Download Stuck on 0% initializing. 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. Please read the following rules before commenting: All comments must be on topic and add something of substance to the post;I bought Dragonflight for my friend however when he's trying to install World of Warcraft, it is stuck initializing forever at 2145571 / 2145571 . His response at the time was, “What sword? ” Well — after some important investigative journalism — it turns out there. Mine is stuck on Initializing (452/452 bytes) and just doesnt budge. I’ve also tried pausing the WoW updates to allow the desktop application to finish, but with no luck. Tried restarting deleting cache folder restarting comp. I just bought the latest expansion of World of Warcraft today and I am installing it new on my PC (up until now, I have not played the game on the PC). #$%#. secondary logon. net agent is continuously crashing and restarting the “initializing” step of the download. Aderya-bloodhoof November 16, 2022, 7:23pm #84. I have rebooted the. Expect at least some free game time for this. Delete the Cache folder. Boards. i ended the update agent task in the task manager. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Try de-instal and then cleanup hdd + register. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Update 2: Finally got past the indexes… but the download speed of the game is atrocious at 2. Been stuck on waiting for this thing to “update” for a half hour now. Troubleshooting steps when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing" Failed to Initialize Direct3D. TravelingGleeman •. I’ve deleted the BNet Files and Cache as that worked in the past but now i’m stumped. Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did. I had the same issue a few days ago and I fixed it by launching the game through wow. So glad I’m not the only one. Technical Support. Delete the created folder and change the renamed folder to the original name. net stuck on initializing. net launcher and still says initializing. restarted and hardbooted. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Many connection issues including slow bandwidth, BNS cache, unstable Internet can trigger the Blizzard app stuck on initializing. Was working fine everyday im on just today it wont complete update. Recently, my Battle. Deleting the Battle. Stuck on "Initializing. Use 'Show in Exporer', go into retail, and double-click on Wow. Jeges-outland November 16, 2022, 7:03pm #45. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Restart your computer and try the install/update now. I have followed the instructions mentioned here: WOW Stuck at Initializing but to no avail. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. This might fix the issue. Same issue. I have tried troubleshooting with every article available for a variety of issues. Technical Support. I did not have a WoW window up, but for some reason the process was still. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. 13. Followed alot of tips from forum posts with similar problem. So I think the key thing here is patience. Updated: 4 weeks ago Article ID: 13934 Product:. Found the fix! Uninstall the driver in device manager under game controllers. I tried restarting the client, I tried rebooting my computer. Trying to download World of Warcraft on Battle. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Kaotik-2758 February 13, 2020, 2:06pm 1. Re-downloaded the launcher and tried downloading again. Zuul-balnazzar November 16, 2022, 6:55pm #33. November 14, 2023. The game will not be updating; click Play. Turned off my anti-virus and firewall, cleared battle. Battle Net gets stuck on initializing (Fix) It never goes past initializing. YOUR. The problem is not on my side. net Update Agent" or something similar, and end the task. Add a Comment. Troubleshooting steps for when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing"It is stuck on initializing. net users are stuck at 1 percent when they update or install the app. Technical Support. EDIT: Looks like when you exit the game it goes back to Initializing…. Purpletits-firemawSeptember 26, 2022, 6:48pm. I’ve also tried pausing and resuming with no avail and double checked there’s enough space on SSDs. net launcher then go task manager close remaining apps then restart should probably fix it. this hasnt worked either. Our team is already on the case working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Many players have reported this issue on the official forum and shared their possible solutions. 2 Likes. Scan and repair doesn’t work either. C:Program Files (x86)World of Warcraft. Once the download actually starts in safe mode you can return to normal windows and it will get past the initializing loop. Fixes I’ve. Following someone elses advice, I tried uninstalling the battle. Starting as admin is the important part. Been stuck on 94% with initializing for the newest update for WoW, this has been happening since yesterday when the patch was launched. Restarted bnet. Chromie-ahnqiraj November 16, 2022, 9:26pm #352. Victa-ashbringer March 27, 2021, 3:03am 1. I ended up deleting agent folder, emptying recycling bin, and restarting my pc before starting the launcher and it fixed everything. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. 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). Me too. Zero progress gets made. 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. 819. Your servers are gonna be incompatible so don’t waste your time trying it. Been stuck for more than 4 hours. Scan and repair doesn’t work either. msc in the search box and select System Configuration from the best match. net or WoW processes sitting in the background via your task manager. 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. For real though, I have no clue. When there is a wow update, the ‘initializing’ phase of the download is very slow. Under Network Bandwidth, set both the Latest updates and Future patch data values to 0 (0 means Unlimited). Technical Support. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. exe and manually loging in, doesn’t help. net as admin. Kill those processes (but don’t kill the launcher) and the update should proceed as normal. Just navigate to where your WoW installation is (usually C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\) and delete those three folders. Xee-draenor March 27, 2023, 9:52pm 1. World of Warcraft Forums – 16 Nov 22 WoW download stuck on "initializing" Howdy! UPDATE! Thanks for the data I requested I have forwarded this to our team. version. I’ve tried restarting Battle. #$%#. net, even if I also. For me it started yesterday already. Yeah, mine is stuck as well. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game on Battle. 1 Like. net in the allowed list in your firewall settings and see if the download moves past “Initializing”. well I did try lots of stuff like reinstalling app. Account, App, & Shop; World of Warcraft; Warcraft Rumble; Diablo IV; Diablo Immortal; Overwatch 2;. Same problem on 2 computers. Last resort I went to my Mobile HotSpot. Technical Support. While being stuck it also sends and downloads data at full speed, so battle. net Stuck in a Refresh Loop. completely exit battle net and. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Open Task Manager. Nallianah-wyrmrest-accord. Disconnected When Leaving Garrison. Thanks though. 2 Common Issues CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. Scan and Repair didn’t do anything either, got stuck just the same as Updating. Oramir-alonsus November 16, 2022, 9:27pm. Féyre-burning-blade November 16, 2022, 9:21pm. Updated Windows 10, . Clear all app cache. It’s the same result. Updated: 6 months ago Article ID: 14236 Common Problems.