Have tried stopping all the battle. Друидяшка. How to Fix World of Warcraft Update Stuck on Initializing?If you are encountering difficulties with the initialization phase of a World of Warcraft update, there are a number of possible remedies to consider based on the. Another alternative you can try is to scan and fix damaged files in the World of Warcraft installation directory. net app, however it is permanently stuck on Initializing. Just going in an endless loop of saying it’s updating but doesn’t actually do anything. No big deal I think, I'll just log back in, and so I close the game and go to reopen it, and see there's an update. Reset the permissions on your WoW folder: 1. Close all Battle. If I leave it up and try to let the client figure itself out, it'll sit there doing nothing for hours. Completely close the battle net app then navigate to the directory above. Run troubleshooting for WoW download. The download progress bar is stuck at 0 b/s. 2. Do i have to reinstall or what, like many i can’t repair. Open the Battle. Every other day when I try to log into the game, I get another update, with times of being stuck on initializing ranging between 5 minutes and half an hour. If like me you are experiencing issues with the launcher and wish to play; Go to where the game is saved on your hard drive (for example) C:World of Warcraft_classic_. → When I came home, Waiting for another update is no longer there and it is 0% Updating again. It’s updating, the launcher bugs out currently to where it will stop showing it downloading all the encoding tables and. I’ve tried all fixes listed here plus a few others the CoD community came up with when facing the same problem. I have rebooted. If it's actually using network then just leave it and it should finish eventually. net app and start a new install of Dragonflight. exe file. Before deleting files, make sure Battle. 4. Navigate to the “ Compatibility ” tab. Type C:ProgramData into the Open field and press Enter. 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). net as admin. Deleting these files is perfectly safe and won't harm your system in any way. restarted and hardbooted. net and opened it again → Now I am stuck at ‘Waiting for another update. Stuck on Initializing/Waiting on another update - Technical Support. net update agent uses my full bandwidth while doing nothing. Just delete the Battle. net, Blizzard, and/or Blizzard Entertainment folders in the Windows temporary file locations below. → Now I am sitting at my computer, watching Battle. net app Cache, also reinstalled it. Deleted the files, uninstalled the launcher. Troubleshooting steps for when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing" Updated: 4 months ago minnesotaHunter (Topic Creator) 11 years ago #3. Type msconfig. Chandrah-magtheridon November 16, 2022, 9:28pm. 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 the Battle. Perl-anetheron (Perl) March 9, 2021, 10:17pm #2. NET and GPU. It’s stuck on Initializing. Advanced Troubleshooting If the above steps fail, try the steps provided in the articles below . It also doesn’t matter. It is now stuck on "Applying Updates 0%". Close all Battle. Video driver crash in World of Warcraft with AMD video cards (7900 XTX) on DirectX 12. AggravatingTest3760. net client altogether. Mine keeps saying that I need to update… but all it does is reclaim space and closes. Step 5. Technical Support. -force quit 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 🙁. Greetings, My Battle. Check the ”Hide all Microsoft services” box. net when it gets stuck on the update button instead of install. Type msconfig. How to fix the WoW update stuck initializing? Uncheck the ”Load startup items” box. 7) Trying to update to 10. Sometimes, killing the update in the task manager and. 🤔 ( I have. Technical Support. net app installation is doing the same thing: getting stuck on the Updating function. 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. 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. Stuck on Initializing/Waiting on another update - Technical Support. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. Battle. Phones. Nothing changes it. Thought they would’ve made some improvements after OW2’s awful launch. Certain permissions and features can only be accessed if you have granted admin rights to the World of Warcraft game. stuck on initializing. PC with fresh install has Windows 10. Every single time WoW has an update, no matter how small, I get stuck on initializing. November 14, 2023. November 15, 2018. 1 Like Azráel-aggramar November 16, 2022, 8:51pm #24 I’m curious to see if that will even work. 2 Common Issues. Battlenet is the go-to client if you want to play big title games like Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, World of Warcraft, etc. Switching battlenet launcher to the Beta version. net launcher and still says initializing. net install and when I go to install Classic WoW, the install starts, gets to 82. You have tried everything, so I doubt these are new, but it helped me: Turn the computer off, unplug it for 30. Sometimes fetching download manifest. My current speed test shows 300mbit+ and another game downloaded just a bit earlier at 40mb/s. Worked for me when stuck in the battlenet app. October 28, 2023. Scan and repair doesn’t work either. Aerlas-magtheridon. The Battle. Can't install the game, the download is stuck. The progress bar below the Install/Update button is currently at Initializing (242/1006) with a creeping progression. Either “Initializing” or "Waiting for another download (and there is no other download) Giving up for the night. WoW update is stuck on initializing. Had the same issue on Windows 11. Click on This PC (Windows 10) and open the system partition C. C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft. I’ve gone into Task Manager and killed all Blizzard. I’ve been stuck at initializing for over 5 minutes now, can’t get into the game becauuse the update isnt workingI repaired the client 3 times and it is still stuck in 99% Initializing for 3 hours now. Really stumped on this one. Be it for downloading, launching, or updating these games on your PC. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Support Technical Support. I have fast internet and the space on the computer. 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”. Now, navigate to the Services tab. Why does this keep happening? Paused the updates and tried the scan and repair, but it gets stuck on waiting for another update. NET. World of Warcraft Arena World Championship. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. I did have to tell the launcher where my game folder was again, but it immediately updated and was playable again. At the board meeting someone came up with an idea let’s release 2 updates in one day then there will definitely be more players and we will be able to boast about how many. net but the download is stuck at initializing/0% and then I get the whoops! window. Jadzía-cthun (Jadzía) November 16, 2022, 7:01pm #39. cleared caches. Unable to Gain More Renown With. Our team is already on the case working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. However, the update wouldn't ever start actually. Delete the Battle. Sheqz-tarren-mill November 16, 2022, 7:05pm #47. Supersalv • 10 mo. Having the same problem for the last 20 minutes now…. i have tried uninstalling wow retail, wow classic, and wow ptr and reinstalling wow retail. net app. “@Maverick_LIVE_ Go ahead and open a ticket then. Step 2: Reinstall BattleNet. net and still stuck. 270. I even did a clean install of everything and still nothing. -tried uninstalling from the battle. Played earlier today, then everything worked fine. 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”. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Already try login out, login back, restarting computer. Constant Updates and Endless Initialising. Runabel-argent-dawn May 8, 2023, 11:27pm #1. Restarted bnet. → Now I am sitting at my computer, watching Battle. Start battle. I shouldn’t need to have a degree or follow 10 different steps to simply click and play WoW. I can’t start WoW client directly because it’s not compatible (probably because of phase two today, it. If your region is currently patching or undergoing maintenance there might be a known issue affecting all players. 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 stressful experience. -redownload a fresh battle. Click on dropdown down arrow on the top left corner. net or WoW processes sitting in the background via your task manager. I bought Dragonflight for my friend however when he's trying to install World of Warcraft, it is stuck initializing forever at 2145571 / 2145571 . Initializing (XXX/1006) It is moving incredibly slowly for having gigabit internet and SSD storage. and “Waiting on. Hello, I'm just asking if there's a way to fix Bnet because i just installed it right now and i'm at 45% stuck. net -Deleting the -Blizzard Entertainment- folder in ProgramData Still it just endlessly gets stuck on. it needs to update). Even asked Reddit. 66. I’ve disabled my firewall. Terminate the World of Warcraft Task: If the above remedies prove ineffective, terminating the World of Warcraft task within the Task Manager could initiate the update process anew. There are several reasons why this could happen, including issues with the game files, server maintenance, or problems with your computer’s settings. Ensure you’re running Battle. Deleted the files, uninstalled the launcher. net and all other proprietary World of Warcraft processes are closed in Task Manager. Common Problems. 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. net. Something else to try - there is a little downwards pointing arrow at the top of the bnet launcher. Need this fixed ASAP bc this is kind of embarrassing. Been stuck on waiting for this thing to “update” for a half hour now. Today I wanted to play WoW. I’m so glad I resubbed before doing this update that is stuck at 0%, looking at my money going down the drain. net agent is continuously crashing and restarting the “initializing” step of the download. Hey! I got back from work a few hours ago and wanted to hop on to play WoW for a couple hours but the game is stuck on “Initializing…” for the past hour or two and won’t install? I have scoured the internet and. NET and GPU Restarting the PC. Installed Battle. net. Necrodemos-wyrmrest-accord. net to place World of Warcraft. The same is happening for me. Type msconfig. Their issue that they need to fix. Restart your PC. I bought Dragonflight for my friend however when he's trying to install World of Warcraft, it is stuck initializing forever at 2145571 / 2145571 . Attempt the install or update while the winMTR tool is running. Scan and repair doesn’t work either. net Desktop App. NET. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same … Are you stuck on initializing when trying to update or launch World of Warcraft? You are not alone. → Once the network is back online with the system, flush your DNS cache using the commands Here. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. Stuck on update/initializing. I would recommend to try the following: Power Cycle the home network to refresh the connection to all devices on the network and to the Internet Service Provider (ISP). It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. Now, I tried something different. Sendryn-sentinels September 12, 2023, 10:32pm 2. Stuck on Initializing. I can’t start WoW client directly because it’s not compatible (probably because of phase two today, it needs to update). World of Warcraft - Patch Stuck on Initializing - Update Problem(For non-Turkish players this is Turkish Guide, dont say me anything about guide language but. Logged out and went away for a few hours, now I get a DLL is missing message and the reinstall of the Battle App gets stuck at 55%. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. (Don’t enter with your id and password) Step 4: Download WoW with your regions. After that, navigate to the following path: C :\ ProgramData \ Blizzard Entertainment \ Battle. Running windows 10. World of Warcraft ⚡ Guardians of the Dream - Common Issues Waiting on Another Installation or Update. With W11, the result is the same. net, uninstalled Battle. 2 Common Issues. net app completely, didn’t help. → When I came home, Waiting for another update is no longer there and it is 0% Updating. net in Program Files (x86) and Program Data. The exact same thing is happening to me right now. 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. I’m stuck on the initialising steps. 2. net again. Tried everything I can think now doing system restore as one last attempt to fix. World of Warcraft. Was looking forward to a nice evening with the pre-patch. Reinstall the Battle. Blizzard had absolutely no say in when the warzone update released. net is running, close it. Fresh Battle. Waiting for another update is no longer there and it is 0% Updating again. In the Windows Search bar, type msconfig. Goto the Cog icon above your Email and switch to a. net app on your computer. Hit the Windows key and R. restarted and hardbooted. Was there ever an actual fix for this? I have tried literally all of the tier one stuff Blizz would suggest as well as the. net app and re open it or when I quit WoW (no matter which version) - Retail, TBC and Classic keeps updating. Technical Support. Waiting for another update is no longer there and it is 0% Updating again. So glad I’m not the only one. net installation directory, and the default path should look like this: C:ProgramDataBlizzard EntertainmentBattle. And now, finally, I removed everything related to BattleNet, Blizzard, and World of Warcraft and started a new fresh install. 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. Click on the Disable all and then OK to confirm changes. This is found in C:/ProgramData (which is a hidden folder). So, I log in from time to time and it always seems the game needs an update. Baradûr-draenor. I managed to fix the issue by completely uninstalling World of Warcraft and the battlenet. Delete the Cache folder. The download progress bar is stuck at 0 b/s. The update servers are unreachable. Been sat for ages waiting to update, thought I was going insane. Step 3. net and try updating World of Warcraft again. . :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” 🙃That doesn’t seem to accomplish anything. Support Account My Gifts Careers Company. I did not have a WoW window up, but for some reason the process was still. Close all Battle. Step 4. I have not been able to play the game for weeks now. AggravatingTest3760. If you don’t see all 3 folders in each. 0% Updating, nothing is happening - > I closed Battle. Just unistall the game, then stop. i have uninstalled both wow and battlenet. It’s the same result. stuck on initializing. Continues to sit on (2203048/2203048) It is strange that it’s the same issue on all 3 of my machines. 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, . SupportTechnical Support. I’ve also tried pausing and resuming with no avail and double checked there’s enough space on. Rambush-rattlegore. net installer. ’ - > I went outside with my dog for 30 mins. For whatever reason Overwatch is stuck updating itself, it just says “Initializing…”. C:Program Files (x86)World of Warcraft. Boards. So the recommendation would be to disable it for. I’ve turned on viewing of hidden files and deleted the Battle. Every time I close Battle. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Yeah go to task manager processes after you close the launcher from the task bar and make sure to stop the “Battle. Blizzard seems to have a network issue. World of Warcraft Forums. Antivirus and firewall software play an important role in computer security. 1 Like. net. Then once they are all uninstalled, go in and manually delete the main World of Warcraft folder where the game was. If you're stuck longer than a few minutes on this screen, follow the troubleshooting steps below: If you're using a wireless connection, optimize your internet connection to rule out a connection issue. Edit: Scan and repair seems to have fixed it for now. World of Warcraft. ’ - > I went outside with my dog for 30 mins. Cancelling the scan replaces the game’s ‘Play’ button with ‘Update,’ which just begins the scan once again. Social media. Fortunately, there are a few things you can do to fix the issue. Deleted the cache, interface and WTF files, but that did nothing. I’ve never seen it go this slow. Wait for the update; Play; 4 Likes. 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. Been stuck for more than 4 hours. If there's something preventing it from downloading, it may tell you why. net Agent". I tried running Battle. In the World of WarCraft Info box, go to the Sharing & Permissions section. net and still. Running BNet with Admin privileges and Windows 7 compatibility mode. Disable any proxies that may interfere with the login module. net and opened it again → Now I am stuck at ‘Waiting for another update. After a long day of problem solving at work, coming home to another problem isn’t. Quick update: I managed to get hands on another PC where I did a fresh install of b. 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". Deleted the cache, interface and WTF files, but that did nothing. us. ago • Edited 1 yr. Already try login out, login back, restarting computer. Now I got stuck in the Initializing 2145581/2145581 loop. 1. 1st start of the app, blue spot “Play” one says “Update” tho under it, it states “Waiting on another update”. Delete the Battle. This happened to me and I reset and reinstalled everything. Close the World of Warcraft tab if it’s open. Tried to. I don’t know if it’s an OS issues or. Femfatale-haomarush. Stuck on Initializing since Windows Update. I've now completely uninstalled everything from my Battle. The progress bars do not progress at all, stuck on “…Initializing”. After that, navigate to the following path: C:\ProgramData\Blizzard Entertainment\Battle. Battle Net gets stuck on initializing (Fix)Getting stuck on initializing can also indicate corrupt files, or there’s a problem with the drive the game is installed on. Shakazdi-wyrmrest-accord October 6, 2022, 1:03am 1. Battle net launcher seams stuck on updating… just spinning at Initializing 0%. Hellbirah-aggramar July 14, 2023, 7:57pm #3. Force deleted everything about the game from my computer, reinstall doesn’t work. Uninstall doesn’t work. Blizzard ForumsI just launched battle. Uninstalling and reinstalling the Battle. Step 5. I play on a Mac. 2 from battle. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. The app is stuck on “Updating”, with WoW Classic at 0%, PTR at 83%, and retail WoW at 0%. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. net, Blizzard, and/or Blizzard Entertainment folders in the Windows temporary file locations below. Check out this thread and see if any of them work for you. Sometimes fetching download manifest. I restarted my computer and restarted BattleNet multiple times and it finally went through. Zero progress gets made. Game update starts and then stops installing. Sometimes fetching download manifest. . Agnass-anvilmar. Configure your security software's exception list to allow Blizzard applications to run. net, uninstalled Battle. Also a Mac user here stuck on 0%. One hour ago I tried this: 0% Updating, nothing is happening - > I closed Battle. Re-open the Battle. Check out this thread to see what worked for them and how you can get back to the game as soon as possible. Common Problems. Spacehunt-westfall. Try uninstalling ALL versions of WoW (Classic, Wrath, and Dragonflight) through the Battle. Net, deleted everything related to WoW and WotLK Classic and Battle. Kymthegreat-staghelm November 8, 2023, 6:23pm 1. Initializing, doesn’t work. If anybody has this problem, open task manager and end the task "Agent".