Closing processes in task manager. Technical Support. Rambush-rattlegore July 15, 2023, 12:40am #1. WoW will launch without your BNet login. In such cases: Restart your router. I was sitting waiting for Deathwhisper to become active trying not to lose my mind over the lag, when suddenly I disconnect from the server. Video driver crash in World of Warcraft with AMD video cards (7900 XTX) on DirectX 12. Or at least, that’s what fixed it for me last time it happened to me. Delete the Battle. It seems the only fix, for me atleast, is to leave the update on initializing for 35-45 minutes, it will eventually budge. Have already restarted my PC and tried to pause/restart the update. Sayman-nesingwary March 9, 2021, 10:09pm #1. But it is stuck at "initializing", no matter what I do. I have tried troubleshooting with every article available for a variety of issues. Technical Support. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Some suggest closing Steam, running as admin, or updating Windows as possible fixes. cleared caches. Kranox-mazrigos. Scan and repair doesn’t work either. But it is stuck at "initializing", no matter what I do. you know its maintanence until 11am CEST. 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. It is now stuck on "Applying Updates 0%". I have tried everything I possibly can find on the internet. Emeldavi-tichondrius. World of Warcraft Forums I have been trying to install retail WoW all evening, and the battle. Found the fix! Uninstall the driver in device manager under game controllers. Technical Support. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. 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 update is stuck on initializing. Test the internet speed. Technical Support. 2 Likes. Nánu-tichondrius July 11, 2023, 8:37pm #2. Make sure your firewall or antivirus isn’t blocking Battle. net launcher, and started re-installing wotlk. I guess the interim fix for now is to just run the exe and log in manually. Im at a loss on what to do. Stuck on scanning and repair mode - General Discussion - World of. net' folder to 'battle. Stuck on "Initializing. net Desktop app. Your servers are gonna be incompatible so don’t waste your time trying it. 14. That did not work for me, still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. For all people curious on how to fix this, the answer MIGHT be to just give it time. Technical Support. net App and wait for any updates to. I even did a clean install of everything and still nothing. Every time I login to battle. Step 2: In Game Settings, find your World of Warcraft and check the option Additional command line arguments. Vanasmut-tichondrius. Blizzard seems to have a network issue. 57 Likes. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same. Hello, It started couple hours ago. His response at the time was, “What sword? ” Well — after some important investigative journalism — it turns out there. 1 Like. Download Stuck on 0% initializing. net server that gives the current client version is getting DDOSed. Wait for the update. I've now completely uninstalled everything from my Battle. Don't forget to backup your Interface folder, though. When I run 'ipconfig /flushdns' to flush the local DNS cache and watch my PiHole, I see a request for us. com If you're having trouble installing or updating a game because the Battle. I had WotLK and retail installed but it still could not locate either one even after manually pointing it at the file location. secondary logon. Ways to Fix Fix World of Warcraft Update Stuck on Initializing on Windows 11 Run Blizzard App in a Selective Startup. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same. Be patient guys, Blizzard is a small indie company with very limited resources. Rambush-rattlegore. Update or temporarily uninstall any security programs, which may mistakenly identify the login module as a security threat. Got better things to do. net app completely, didn’t help. Друидяшка-soulflayer November 27, 2022, 4:44pm 598. Run Battle. ahh ok, im still stuck at 0% initializing . Just delete the Battle. My retail ended up needing a reinstall. However, it refuses to update the game and remains stuck on. I’m stuck on the initialising steps. I’d like to report that I can’t download WoW. If there's something preventing it from downloading, it may tell you why. Turned off my anti-virus and firewall, cleared battle. net ” (without quotes). Leaubergine-draenor November 16, 2022,. 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. And every time it gets to this number it. Bobrexal • 24 days ago. World of Warcraft. Thank you for your help! comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment. Same here, stuck on initializing. Your computer has had it with wow and cancelled its own subscription. At some point, instead of “Updating”, the blue button will say “Update” (this happens every 30 seconds or something like that). Krugraa-argent-dawn (Krugraa) December 16, 2021, 10:03pm #3. I play on a Mac. 2 Common Issues Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. 13. (Don’t enter with your id and password) Step 4: Download WoW with your regions. Tyrskorn-2108 March 27, 2021, 8:43am 2. Click the box for Safe Mode and then click the Network option underneath at the bottom. net as an administrator and in compatibility mode. Support Account My Gifts Careers Company. Windows applied an update last week and since then haven’t been able to log in or update WoW. Comments are on moderation and will be approved in a timely manner. Update 2: Finally got past the indexes… but the download speed of the game is atrocious at 2. 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). I knew I’d have to relearn spells and rotations, but tbh, this seems a lot more like a 3rd line technical. Nothing is working helllpppp. I suspect that the client isn't updating, but instead that the Battle. Chandrah-magtheridon November 16, 2022, 9:28pmWorld of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. Try uninstalling ALL versions of WoW (Classic, Wrath, and Dragonflight) through the Battle. Received Wrong Amount of Bloody Tokens from PvP World Quest - Overcoming A Mountain: Krolkoth. net folder in its entirety. I cannot update wow (retail) as i get stuck in initializing. If anybody has this problem, open task manager and end the task "Agent". I conducted a scan/repair thinking that might help but fell into the infinite loop instead. net launcher”. net cache, ran as administrator, reinstalled battle. 2 Likes. So far I´ve tried: Exit the app and launch it again. Renamed the copy to retail and relaunched battlenet as admin. Kymthegreat-staghelm November 8, 2023, 6:23pm 1. I pre purchased the Dragonflight expansion, resubbed for 3 months and wanted to install wow, but it is stuck at “Initialising”. World of Warcraft ⚡ Guardians of the Dream - Common Issues Waiting on Another Installation or Update. I’ve gone into Task Manager and killed all Blizzard processes and made sure the WoW. Installed bnet and then tried to. Either “Initializing” or "Waiting for another download (and there is no other download). Nerd-argent-dawn November 16, 2022, 8:17pm #181. net process in task manager and then right click > launch as administrator on battle. I found I had to go and manually End Task on the Battle. How to resolve this issue when installing or. 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 cache, ran as administrator, reinstalled battle. I managed to fix the issue by completely uninstalling World of Warcraft and the battlenet app. Loading. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. Try logging out of the Battle. net app > Select WoW to install > Stuck on Initializing (2203048/2203048)… I’ve routed through my neighbor’s network and the same results. To fix the problem, you can try running Bettle. Zero progress gets made. Technical Support. Victa-ashbringer March 27, 2021, 3:03am 1. Then went into the retail folder and deleted everything while it was still in this state. If your region is currently patching or undergoing maintenance there might be a known issue affecting all players. Seems its on Blizz’s back end. After 2 hours being stuck, I installed Windscribe too, used “New York - Empire” position, and it worked without any issue, i’m in game right now. net and wait a minute and it should start 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. I have several other Battle. It’s always initializing and reclaiming disc space. net; Rename World of Warcarft folder to something else;Reset the permissions on your WoW folder: 1. SjurEido. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. Our team is already on the case working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Unable to Complete Achievement - Dream On. After I exited retail wow again it’s just gone straight back to. Users share their solutions and experiences for downloading WoW Retail on Windows 10 or 11. Delete the Cache folder. Finally, go back to the shortcut for the game or the launcher and right click to Run as Administrator. net. net and update the game to see if the issue persists. Battle Net gets stuck on initializing (Fix)It never goes past initializing. I’ve tried everything recommended except reinstalling bnet launcher. Run Battle. I tried to reinstall WoW and was stuck on initializing so I uninstalled the battle net app and now I lost my authenticator and I need to update my phone number now I'm fucked to sign in. net Launcher. 3. November 14, 2023. I used fix and repair and that failed. net client in both wow, diablo 2, and now diablo 4. Like topic says the install download will not go beyond initializing 2203048/2203048 and is in loop. Sometimes Battle. net app icon and choose ‘Run as administrator’. make sure you are running steam as admin and then run the game again. Click Selective startup and clear the Load startup items check box. Disable or temporarily uninstall these programs, restart your computer, and try. If you want to leave a comment on whether that worked for you or not, leave the comment in that topic… not here. The Repair Tool will scan your game files and attempt to fix any problems it finds. Stuck on initializing. If that does not help try installing the latest driver for the Elgato Game Capture HD which can be found here. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. Then input -d3d11 in the box. net launcher. 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. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. This resolved this issue for me. Thanks though. -force quit battle. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Agnass-anvilmar. Cook food. The installation however, stops at Initializing (2145572/2145572), and then goes back to Updating after a few seconds, and then back to Initializing. I thought it was battle. Closed my Antivirus. Battlenet is the go-to client if you want to play big title games like Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, World of Warcraft, etc. Xee-draenor March 27, 2023, 9:52pm 1. Click settings. net desktop app and update the game to see if the issue persists. I'm trying to install on macOS Ventura 13. SupportTechnical Support. net, uninstalled 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”. Try plugging your computer directly into your modem. Try login in to another account, or create a free trial, and see if that fixes it. Start the update (installation in your case) Close the Battle. im not sure why its not connecting for wow when hearthstone, diablo etc work. The progress bars do not progress at all, stuck on “…Initializing”. Restart your device and try downloading the update again. At least it worked for me. Step 4. net button at the top left of the Battle. Technical Support. Sianguste-garrosh December 17, 2022, 1:59pm #4. Noob question, but my game has been stuck on Initializing for well over 50 min now. Updated: 3 weeks ago Article ID: 13934. Then back restart to normal and play. 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). I just launched battle. exe in my retail folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. Under Network Bandwidth, set both the Latest updates and Future patch data values to 0 (0 means Unlimited). Trepan-archimonde November 16. Sucks. The launcher is stuck on innitialising. World of Warcraft Forums. Emeldavi-tichondrius. It took a bit of time, but it eventually got done. SOLUTION: I ran the Wow. Navigate to the Services tab and check the Hide all Microsoft services. Been stuck on 94% with initializing for the newest update for WoW, this has been happening since yesterday when the patch was launched. net games. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Anyone else ever have an issue like this before? I think there are server issues right now. My Tickets. g. net cache. i am completely unable to play the game, after. This is found in C:/ProgramData (which is a hidden folder). 33. Technical Support. If the Battle. Refreshing connection. Step 3: Open with Offline Mode in settings. Step 1. Check out this thread and see if any of them work for you. Fixes I’ve. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Uninstalling and reinstalling the Battle. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. See the original post and comments on r/wow subreddit. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Account, App, & Shop; World of Warcraft; Warcraft Rumble; Diablo IV; Diablo Immortal; Overwatch 2;. i ended the update agent task in the task manager. Restarted CPU and all that jazz. I randomly got an issue where I couldnt move. Beta updated fine. com and I'll take a look. Initializing, doesn’t work. Restarted my computer. To use the Repair Tool first open the game and log in. I located my Blizzard games folder, which contained the 'Battle. net Update Agent" or something similar, and end the task. Open the 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. Tried restarting deleting cache folder restarting comp. Support Account My Gifts Careers Company. I have done a clean uninstall and reinstall several times now, clearing temp, localappdata, programdata, etc each time, and still cannot get past the same download initialization. The Updating never gets anywhere, stuck on 0%, with it also saying "Initializing". I had WotLK and retail installed but it still could not locate either one even after manually pointing it at the file location. Same issue. Something else to try - there is a little downwards pointing arrow at the top of the bnet launcher. C:\Program Files (x86)\World Of Warcraft_retail_. Nothing changes it. This is likely causing the stuck on initializing for most players right now (though getting stuck at this stage may be caused by other issues outside of the current CDN. This happens seemingly random to me, and has for months with the battle. Stuck on Initializing. After that, navigate to the following path: C :\ ProgramData \ Blizzard Entertainment \ Battle. net in Program Files (x86) and Program Data. Other games in the Blizzard launcher all download fine, it's. Rule Out Internet Issues. Jalkoth-blades-edge November 9, 2022, 6:34am #1. Shakazdi-wyrmrest-accord October 6, 2022, 1:03am 1. I pre purchased the Dragonflight expansion, resubbed for 3 months and wanted to install wow, but it is stuck at “Initialising”. I am trying to install world of Warcraft on my pc but its stuck on initializing and battlenet checking residency on install I just updated my cod cold war. 1. net Desktop Application gets stuck on Downloading New Files. and it stuck on initializing, occasionally moves a bit but barely, the download just d o e s n t start. You’ll have to: Reset your user interface, this will ensure. Same here, stuck on initializing. Look for any battle. Turn off your PC. Follow these steps to troubleshoot the. Your computer has had it with wow and cancelled its own subscription. it probably looked something like this. ”World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. It’s the same result. Expect at least some free game time for this. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft. exe in the game directory instead of throught the Battle. net. However, the update wouldn't ever start actually. any updates would sooth my mind. Account, App, & Shop; World of Warcraft; Warcraft Rumble; Diablo IV; Diablo Immortal; Overwatch 2;. Deleted my World of Warcraft folder . I was surprised there weren’t already threads about his in this support forum. Uninstall doesn’t work. I’ve turned on viewing of hidden files and deleted the Battle. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. i have uninstalled both wow and battlenet. Féyre-burning-blade November 16, 2022, 9:21pm. ” I have tried causing the downloader to “start this update now” but that has no effect. ago. Select all Agent, Blizzard, and game processes, and click End Process. Danelliah-silvermoon November 16, 2022, 7:08am 4. go to the Boot tab. #354. I was able to do an update for classic WoW, but not retail. You almost certainly don’t, and it just takes a while to get. The progress bar below the Install/Update button is currently at Initializing (242/1006) with a creeping progression. Check for Firewall/Antivirus Blocking. I deleted the retail folder entirely and copied the classic folder. if you receive any specific errors from the Desktop App about the installation process that can help narrow down what’s causing this. 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. Same problem on 2 computers. net install and when I go to install Classic WoW, the install starts, gets to 82. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. Support. Either “Initializing” or "Waiting for another download (and there is no other download) Giving up for the night. Then, press CTRL+ALT+DEL to get to your task manager, and end any process that is called AGENT. net app icon and choose ‘Run as administrator’. Update or temporarily uninstall any security programs, which may mistakenly identify the login module as a security threat. Been sat for ages waiting to update, thought I was going insane. Completely close the battle net app then navigate to the directory above. World of Warcraft - Patch Stuck on Initializing - Update Probl…About 2 hrs this morning. Initializing is taking forever. Uncheck the box next to the “Enable peer-to-peer” option and click on Done in order to accept the changes. Stuck on Initializing. Check out this thread to see what worked for them and how you can get back. I have fast internet and the space on the computer. net. Every single time WoW has an update, no matter how small, I get stuck on initializing. You can do that here: ^JH”World of Warcraft Forums [Main Thread] Download Stuck on 0% initializing then BLZBNTAG0000138F. Dezyy-hellfire November 16, 2022, 7:54pm #138. The game will not be updating; click Play. Voodoopanda-stormscale November 16, 2022, 7:34pm. Meneshá-argent-dawn November 16, 2022,. So after deleting all the wow folders, removing battle. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. Pwnmode-mograine October 6, 2022, 3:11am #6. go to the Boot tab. 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. Why can’t I install World of Warcraft? Try creating a new administrator account to resolve. Thought they would’ve made some improvements. net again. Looking at trying Hardcore Classic out so redownloaded Battle. So far I´ve tried: Exit the app and launch it again. Phantasticus-azuremyst November 16, 2022, 7:54pm #139. net cache folder can resolve problems with the logon module. This might fix the issue. That doesn’t seem to accomplish anything. World of Warcraft Lore Overview for people who don't really care Part 2: Part 2: The Expansions (WOTLK-MOP)Select all Agent, Blizzard Battle. Uninstalled everything to do with battlenet launcher, used VPN to switch country, reinstalled launcher and located game and started update straight away. net, flushed DNS, restarted computer, restarted internet, changed internet connection, etc. Then just relaunch the launcher. My Battle. Restarted my PC and was able to start up wow just fine. I haven’t played the game for a long time and with dragon flight the one expansion I’ve wanted to play for a while now, I bought it a few days ago got sometime so I can catch up a few of my characters in levels for the release but now the game is stuck in an updating loop when I install it, it doesn’t even attempt to install the game but freezes at initializing (2127019/2127019) and then. World of Warcraft ForumsI have been trying to install retail WoW all evening, and the battle. Close Blizzard processes. net app and re open it or when I quit WoW (no matter which version) - Retail, TBC and Classic keeps updating. Tried opening wow. The Battle.