net it says Hearthstone is updating but is stuck at 0% and Initializing. A bit late, but I was having the same issue when trying to launch WoW from the Home tab on battlenet. Once the download actually starts in safe mode you can return to normal windows and it will get past the initializing loop. ago. I downloaded a free VPN, set my location to HK and set my login region to Asia - it started downloading after 5 or so mins. So glad I’m not the only one. net cache, whitelist the Battle. Clean up. net App (skip Step 6 for now, we will re-install later). How to fix the WoW update stuck initializing?World of Warcraft ForumsI have followed the instructions mentioned here: WOW Stuck at Initializing but to no avail. Delete the Cache folder. 2 Common Issues CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. Right click and select Run as Administrator on the launcher. net won’t update. Close all Battle. Grubbass-burning-legion. Fix, rename etc. World of Warcraft Forums Wotlk classic Update Stuck on Initializing. The progress bar below the Install/Update button is currently at Initializing (242/1006) with a creeping progression. Altairr-draenor November 16, 2022, 7:06pm #50. Press the Battle. I’m also having this issue. It is now stuck on "Applying Updates 0%". 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. If anybody has this problem, open task manager and end the task "Agent". trying to update games, but stuck on (initializing) or (waiting for another on another update). Battlenet is the go-to client if you want to play big title games like Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, World of Warcraft, etc. Restart your computer and try the install/update now. Nothing else worked. net launcher and still says initializing. net launcher but it wouldn’t reinstall. Same problem on 2 computers. net, Blizzard, and/or Blizzard Entertainment folders in the Windows temporary file locations below. I have deleted Battle. Disk cleanup. I had to pause all updates. net client, and then try the above steps again. Click Run setup. However, it refuses to update the game and remains stuck on. net -closing tasks in Task Manager related to Battle. This might fix the issue. net desktop app may resolve rare launcher issues. Every time I login to battle. it sat at 0% for about 20-30 mins then had install showing on the button but applying updates under the button. net -closing tasks in Task Manager related to Battle. Start up the launcher, and it just says Initializing. Was there ever an actual fix for this? I have tried literally all of the tier one stuff Blizz. For whatever reason Overwatch is stuck updating itself, it just says “Initializing…”. Technical Support. Add a Comment. Subject line: Stuck on initializing. → When I came home, Waiting for another update is. net client, and then try the above steps again. I’ve tried restarting Battle. Having the same problem for the last 20 minutes now…. ’ - > I went outside with my dog for 30 mins. dll & msvproc. Updated beta and PTR - ok. I was wondering if anyone had the same. net or WoW processes sitting in the background via your task manager. Same thing is happening to me and the only way to fix it is to end it. Program Data was a hidden file, so you'll have to go to view and check 'Hidden Items' to view this folder. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Have tried different folders. Click settings. The weird thing is that even after removing BattleNet and the games folder, the launcher automatically adds Wow Classic to the update queue. It’s stuck at 0% and is “paused” - it will not start the download if I hit the “Start all” button in the download manager. net update agent” from there. 57 Likes. AggravatingTest3760. Click on the “Disk Cleanup” button under the “General” tab and then click on the “OK” button. Open Task Manager using Ctrl+Shift+Esc and close all running instances of Battle. Closing processes in task manager. 57 Likes. Can't install either wow or wow classic. At least. ’ - > I went outside with my dog for 30 mins. One hour ago I tried this: 0% Updating, nothing is happening - > I closed Battle. Try closing background applications to. 3 Likes. World of Warcraft Arena World Championship. . Troubleshooting steps for when a game installation or. Following someone elses advice, I tried uninstalling the battle. All Active. Let it initialize for 5-10 minutes before you think you have a problem. Starting as admin is the important part. Delete the Battle. Update your drivers and operating system to resolve any compatibility issues. Purpletits-firemaw. Rule Out Internet Issues. Kaotik-2758 February 13, 2020, 2:06pm 1. I’ve tried everything recommended except reinstalling bnet launcher. I was told the best solution is to completely. I’m stuck on the initialising steps. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Tried everything here? If you have tried these steps and still require assistance, visit our Technical Support Forums ( World of Warcraft ) ( StarCraft II ) ( Diablo III ) ( Hearthstone ) ( Heroes of the Storm ) ( Overwatch ) or contact us . net app shows that there are updates for: WoW PTR WoW Retail WoW Classic No matter which one I have it work on, the Update gets stuck on “Initializing” at 0% and won’t budge from there, even after I leave it… November 14, 2023. If I leave it up and try to let the client figure itself out, it'll sit there doing nothing for hours. Click on the lock and unlock it,. net app completely, didn’t help. Same issue here. net agent is continuously crashing and restarting the “initializing” step of the download. However, I now have access to the game. After that i closed the battle net launcher and all instances running in task manager (including updater agent) then relaunched into wow and it started updating. Please try these steps to. Right-click on the Battle. If Battle. The Battle. • 2 mo. Did you try running as admin? minnesotaHunter (Topic Creator) 11 years ago #3. Purpletits-firemaw September 26,. Ive been trying to install retail wow for a couple weeks now and i havent made much progress, the install is always stuck on initializing and crashes if it stays like that for a couple minutes. net is running, close it; Close all Battle. If anybody has this problem, open task manager and end the task "Agent". Look for Agent. So I ran a scan and repair on it. " SupportTechnical Support. Close battle. Having the same issue. Click on the lock and unlock it,. I’m stuck as well…. Same has last week when we had to wait over 30 minutes for some people to update the game and login, they had 10kbps. ’ - > I went outside with my dog for 30 mins. Ensure the problem occurs while the winMTR tool is running. The weird thing is that even after removing BattleNet and the games folder, the launcher automatically adds Wow Classic to the update queue. Update problem - Wrath of the Lich King Classic Discussion - World of Warcraft Forums. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. Scan and repair doesn’t work either. Right-click on the “Partition” on which the game has been installed and select “Properties”. Then click Options > Game Settings. Video driver crash in World of Warcraft with AMD video cards (7900 XTX) on DirectX 12. this did not work for me ive tried everything on this forum and its still stuck. Help please. cant even play wrath classic, that i also pay for, because it needs an update. Sometimes fetching download manifest. 5 M1 MBP. exe file into steam as a non-steam game. 2 from battle. October 28, 2023. Put the birds to bed. net website gives you a potential fix. net cache. You can see the Top Rankings for World of Warcraft in United States, such as “World Of Warcraft Update Stuck On Initializing”. 5 M1 MBP. net, the game (including Classic) and all addons seems to have done the trick - took nearly an hour to download the game again but at least I was able to log-in. Deleted. net, set games location in another folder (I used: C:Games) Rght click on Games folder, share with everyone (read) Download WoW inside VM. Net, deleted everything related to WoW and WotLK Classic and Battle. Step 2: In Game Settings, find your World of Warcraft and check the option Additional command line arguments. Servers maxed out due to the rest of the world wanting to update WoW, and CoD players updating Warzone. Type C:ProgramData into the Open field and press Enter. Type cleanmgr and hit the OK button. thanks so much! My frustrations are lifted. Once the download actually starts in safe mode you can return to normal windows and it will get past the initializing loop. Close all Battle. Hello everyone i installed WOW classic a month ago and everything was running smooth till about a week ago on the battle. Check the ” Run this program as an administrator ” box. After that i closed the battle net launcher and all instances running in task manager (including updater agent) then relaunched into wow and it started updating. cleared caches. PC with fresh install has Windows 10. This worked for me on release day as well!!! Thanks! I’ve reinstalled the game twice now because the stupid update has been stuck on initializing. Purpletits-firemaw. thought it was just me… gave up and uninstalled - now I can’t reinstall. #354. I did a test run by updating WOTLK classic and that went through fine. net folder. Nánu-tichondrius July 11, 2023, 6:34pm #1. While this forum is NOT intended to replace our support…. This might fix the issue. Completely delete the battlenet folder with its files in C:ProgramData. Don't forget to backup your Interface folder, though. Why is World of Warcraft Update Stuck on Initializing? If your World of Warcraft (WoW) update is stuck on "initializing," it can be caused by various factors. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing Troubleshooting steps for when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing" Updated: 4 months ago The retail game started updating and stuck. If you don’t see all 3 folders in each. I re-installed and moved blznet. Updated Windows 10, . Tried to uninstall it. 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. Technical Support. (retail and classic) C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft. For me it was a simple as closing the battle. I'm trying to install on macOS Ventura 13. Low and behold I can’t even download the game I paid for because it gets stuck in an infinite initializing loop. Now I got stuck in the Initializing 2145581/2145581 loop. How to fix the WoW update stuck initializing? World of Warcraft Forums I have followed the instructions mentioned here: WOW Stuck at Initializing but to no avail. I came home from work one hour earlier than usual just to be stuck in Updating. I stopped using the launcher for wow. Wotlk classic Update Stuck on Initializing. if any particular version of wow hadn't been updated prior to yesterday, you're going to be locked out until they find. 2 Common Issues Subject. stuck on ‘Initializing…’. Launcher stuck on initializing. Which meant all my addons and set-ups were erased. Oramir-alonsus November 16, 2022, 9. Fixes I’ve tried: Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. Wait for the update. Hellbirah-aggramar July 14, 2023, 7:57pm #3. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Alex470 • 1 yr. it sat at 0% for about 20-30 mins then had install showing on the button but applying updates under the button. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. If I uninstall battle. Then just relaunch the launcher. exe in my folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. I’ve tried restarting Battle. I even did a clean install of everything. The update starts and then stops, saying it’s waiting for another update. That worked, though halfway through character creation the launcher caught up and launched an additional game client. net and retry updating the app or your game. Click on the Disable all and then OK to confirm changes. I came home from work one hour earlier than usual just to be stuck in Updating. Wait for a minute then plug your modem and router back into the power source. That should resolve the halt. Open Task Manager. net is stuck on initializing. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. LoadingIf Battle. Evoker Level 70 Boost Gear Reverting From 424 to 414. Tried to repair - stuck. Jambrix November 16, 2022, 9:43pm #37. To fix the problem, you can try running Bettle. Check BIOS settings for World of Warcraft. Type msconfig. Additional comment actions. ago. Update the Battle. still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. Assuming this is due to massive amounts of people trying to download, but putting this thread here saying for the last 3 hours, my download has been sitting at 0% “Initializing download”. I was surprised there weren’t already threads about his in this support forum. World of Warcraft addon managers can prevent Agent from updating game files. Within this directory just delete the folder named Battle. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. First, pause and resume the update to see if the issue resolves itself. 4MB/s. It will work then. I’ll have to wait, I guess. I’ve tried all fixes listed here plus a few others the CoD community came up with when facing the same problem. I had the same issue a few days ago and I fixed it by launching the game through wow. Kill the battle. First, make sure that your internet connection is. Click on the Disable all and then OK to confirm changes. net, uninstalled Battle. I can’t reinstall WoW. News. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15, 2022, 7:00pm #2. I can’t get past the “initializing” stage to start the. Scan and repair doesn’t work either. Antidotex-area-52 July 29, 2023, 11:07am #1. Sometimes fetching download manifest. World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Blizzard Entertainment. This is one of the most common reasons that cause Battle. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game because the Battle. Also, if you have background processes that are using RAM more than it is supposed to, then you might face the problem. Check on the top right of the launcher if there is a download button, near the notifications button. Of course, Battle. Still stuck on initializing. It’s the same result. Battle. and here we go 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 ,. If Battle. I have the same problem, been waiting for over an hour now on initializing. Update stuck at initializing. I ended up reinstalling the game. net' folder and 'Diablo IV' folder. I shouldn’t need to have a degree or follow 10 different steps to simply click and play WoW. however, this only works if you have the most up to date version of the game client. 1. Stuck. It took about half an hour to download a 170-something MB’s but at least it worked. Open Task Manager using Ctrl+Shift+Esc and close all running instances of Battle. I have tried restarting my pc, disabling the firewall and running as admin there has been no joy still stuck on initializing. This happened to me suddenly today. Unplug your Modem and Router from the power source. Account, App, & Shop; World of Warcraft. Luckily I have been playing World of Warcraft for like a decade, and I know exactly what you should do to force update your game. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same. Uninstalling and reinstalling battlenet. . It starts off with the usual “has started an update”, “initializing”, 'checking residency", and then when it loads the download bar, it flashes red for a few seconds and then turns green saying that the game is ready to play. i looked at google for similar posts, every post said to end tasks for discord, steam etcc. Please help, this is beyond …I just launched battle. • Next (before re-installing) let’s delete any Battle. and here we go 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. net Desktop App is stuck at "Initializing," try the following steps: Restart Battle. 3 So I clicked on View all patch notes to see something that is actually from shadowlands. If that does not work, turn beta mode on for your b. At least it worked for me. In the “Host” field, enter “ us. With W11, the result is the same. Then once they are all uninstalled, go in and manually delete the main World of Warcraft folder where the. net process in task manager and then right click > launch as administrator on battle. So im stuck on initializing and have been for some time, i’ve tried the task manger method, running update as admin method, scanning & repairing, closing discord etc etc etc. (retail and classic) C:Program Files (x86)World of Warcraft. Sheqz-tarren-mill November 16,. Check out this thread to see what worked for them and how you can get back. Edit: Restarting the app in admin mode seems to have sped up the initialization speed. Then went into the retail folder and deleted everything while it was still in this state. Stuck on Initializing. While being stuck it also sends and downloads data at full speed, so battle. net desktop app i got a notification that i needed to download an update for WOW classic so i proceded to intalling the update but when i did the update is stuck in ‘‘initializing’’ and doesnt seem to download the update and im getting really frustated. I was told the best solution is to completely. I’ve tried restarting Battle. go to the Boot tab. Try plugging your computer directly into your modem. Yeah i have a fix for it (it worked for me anyway), close the game + the launcher completely, go into task manager, find the battle net update agent and close it then reopen the launcher, lmk if it works. Try creating a new user account on Windows, and. Really stumped on this one. Really stumped on this one. Like topic says the install download will not go beyond initializing 2203048/2203048 and is in loop. all other games work fine, just not wow. News. Been stuck like that for an hour or so now. I was not in the mood to re-install the whole game. Here are some possible reasons and troubleshooting steps you can try: Network Issues: Poor or unstable internet connection can cause the update to get stuck. Deleted. Selecting Properties from the list. Read on the forum that you can try to reinstall the battle. Kymthegreat-staghelm November 8, 2023, 6:23pm 1. 8 MB in the Initialization phase, and then stops and switches to Updating. net I cannot update wow (retail) as i get stuck in initializing. Once you are at character select, close the first unauthenticated WoW. Now, I tried something different. Such as packet loss occurring corrupting the data. 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. Thanks though. New replies are no longer allowed. -redownload a fresh battle. #354. some have mentioned a simple computer restart worked as well. Install stuck on "Initializing". Have also. I’ve also tried pausing and resuming with no avail and double checked there’s enough space on SSDs. Updated: 3 weeks ago Article ID: 13934 Product: Common Problems. net application. Quick update: I managed to get hands on another PC where I did a fresh install of b. Can install games like Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, etc. Try uninstalling ALL versions of WoW (Classic, Wrath, and Dragonflight) through the Battle. Uninstall doesn’t work. ” I have tried causing the downloader to “start this update now” but that has no effect. I’ve gone into Task Manager and killed all Blizzard processes and made sure the WoW. exe. Then relaunch and it should work. I came home from work one hour earlier than usual just to be stuck in Updating. I came home from work one hour earlier than usual just to be stuck in Updating. net folder in its entirety. Download Stuck on 0% initializing. Been stuck on this since yesterday. it sat at 0% for about 20-30 mins then had install showing on the button but applying updates under the button. exe. Character transfer wont work and i am stuck! Customer Support. net Killed agent process a multitude of times. I'm trying to install on macOS Ventura 13. net App is stuck in a Scan & Repair loop, this usually indicates that your game data is corrupted. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. 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. net Agent". Ive tried everything from updating pc, uninstalling battle net, deleting temp folders. Things i have tried so far that I have seen recommended on the internet: • Closing Discord during installation. Lavende-drakthul August 26, 2020, 8:14pm. 2022, 7:06pm #49. Step 3. Update is stuck on initializing for World of Warcraft retail (worked fine for classic). It actually doesn’t 'finish the initializing" at all. Did a scan and repair but it was still stuck on initializing. r/starcitizen. 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. Did a scan and repair but it was still stuck on initializing. net is running, close it; Close all Battle. Is anyone. However, the update wouldn't ever start actually. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. Have also cleared bnet cache with rm -rf /Users/Shared/Batt. It will stuck in initializing again, but don't get mad!Same also, for PTR, and all versions of wow. World of Warcraft Forums [Main Thread] Download Stuck on 0% initializing then BLZBNTAG0000138F. net install and when I go to install Classic WoW, the install starts, gets to 82. Restart the launcher. Also a Mac user here stuck on 0%. net installer.