Account, App, & Shop. Hey! I tried to re-install the game so I can try the new expasion. AggravatingTest3760. Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did nothing, several times. Either “Initializing” or "Waiting for another download (and there is no other download) Giving up for the night. Only problem is, my game just stays on initializing loop forever. Click it, then select World of Warcraft to update. Brewmeister-ashbringer November 16, 2022, 7:46pm #124. Updating 0% Initializing. Certain permissions and features can only be accessed if you have granted admin rights to the World of Warcraft game. World of Warcraft Forums Support Technical Support. Mine is stuck on Initializing (452/452 bytes) and just doesnt budge. net Launcher. I think the download servers are dead. net;. Reinstall the game/Battlenet app. Troubleshooting steps when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing" Failed to Initialize Direct3D. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Confirmed Wow classic WOTLK is working fine. Step 2. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. Desktop App Tech Support. Now we are unable to reinstall the program. I did everything recommanded on forum and i can’t even install the game. And, yes, this is a. I am trying to install World of Warcraft. I even did a clean install of everything. What a mess. My current speed test shows 300mbit+ and another game downloaded just a bit earlier at 40mb/s. make sure you are running steam as admin and then run the game again. well thats weird, launching the wow. Select all Agent, Blizzard, and game processes, and click End Process. Then went into the retail folder and deleted everything while it was still in this state. Initializing is taking forever. When I started the launcher today it showed updates, but then didn’t load them. Support Technical Support. Оформила подписку. Have installed and trying to reinstall but it hangs at 87mb on the initiation phase. Restart the Battle. Eat food. SupportTechnical Support. If there are any issues with updating, run a Scan and Repair. Camera turning gets stuck randomly. net, open Finder and navigate to Users > Shared > Battle. net. To figure out what is causing this, the original suggestion still stands: First start 3DMark with Steam launch option "--trace" added via right click, properties, then start using force 64bit option and send 3dmark-native. battle. Been stuck for more than 4 hours. 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. The new Battle. ALL OTHER GAMES ARE INSTALLING CORRECTLY. an I dont have an antivirus at all. Back then it was on a 2019 MacBook Pro which of course is Intel-based. I assumed maybe it didn’t like my D drive, so i went to. Advanced Troubleshooting. I stopped using the launcher for wow. Tick the. Krugraa-argent-dawn (Krugraa) December 16, 2021, 10:03pm #3. net. After execution, the installation should continue normally That is how I temporarily solved the issue. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any. Disable any proxies that may interfere with the login module. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. I even did a clean install of everything. I have followed the instructions mentioned here: WOW Stuck at Initializing but to no avail. 1. 4MB/s. Disable all the background apps and close the other running apps other than WoW on your PC. I’ve also tried pausing and resuming with no avail and double checked there’s enough space on SSDs. The game will not be updating; click Play. 2 Common Issues CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. Hey guys, due to frustration i have searched the forums for the “stuck to initializing” issue and seen, it’s communicated quite often. I’m having the same issue. Have also cleared bnet cache with rm -rf /Users/Shared/Batt. Bump, also cannot fresh install WoW. net; Revert the folder name change; Start battle. Baerduun-defias-brotherhood November 28, 2022, 3:12pm 599. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. To prevent this from happening, we encourage you to regularly update your security software and configure your. Same also, for PTR, and all versions of wow. net; Revert the folder name change; Start battle. To fix the problem, you can try running Bettle. Uninstall Battle. I just purchased diablo 2, and can't even install it :( I've tried uninstalling battle. Run troubleshooting for WoW download update stuck on initializing. No, I use 'vCenter server' as the host name. I’ve disabled my firewall. Fogg-silvermoon November 18, 2022, 7:06am #551. net app. fixing the certificate trust issue (e. I’ve gone into Task Manager and killed all Blizzard processes and made sure the WoW. Choose somewhere else to install it. And now, finally, I removed everything related to BattleNet, Blizzard, and World of Warcraft and started a new fresh install. net or WoW processes sitting in the background via your task manager. Checked folder permissions over the wow folder including rechecking the files within the directory. Already ran as Admin, renamed folders, flushed DNS…. I don't believe Dragonflight or a random 87. I have rebooted the. If you are in Europe try the Americas. If I pause and resume it gets stuck on waiting on another update, despite being the only battlenet-game on the computer. Technical Support. I was told the best solution is to completely. Community Tournaments. I have tried clearing my Bnet cache, I have tried closing everything in Task. World of Warcraft. I am sorry but I can't remember exactly. This resolved this issue for me. When I started the launcher today it showed updates, but then didn’t load them. net it says Hearthstone is updating but is stuck at 0% and Initializing. Same issue here, stuck on ‘Initializing…’. Switch to the Game Install/Update tab by clicking on it and scroll down to the Network Bandwidth section. Same here, stuck on initializing. 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. net App and wait for any updates to. Make sure your firewall or antivirus isn’t blocking Battle. Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to: “choose “This PC. Played wow no problems. Closed my Antivirus. i am completely unable to play the game, after. net -Deleting the -Blizzard Entertainment- folder in ProgramData Still it just endlessly gets stuck on. WoW Installation stuck at initializing. net launcher. If your region is currently patching or undergoing maintenance there might be a known issue affecting all players. In the “Host” field, enter “ us. Help please. 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. Hello i’ll get straight to the point, my wow folder uninstalled by himself after a folder verification and now i’m stuck in a folder verification loop and i can’t do anything i have the button " update " and when i click on update i’m in a loop. PC with fresh install has Windows 10. I did some investigating via different apps as well as a third party program designed to test conflicts with System files and it does seem like the client is conflicting with UAC virtualization for the client, and update agent. Click on This PC (Windows 10) and open the system partition C. If I pause and resume it gets stuck on waiting on another update, despite being the only battlenet-game on the computer. I have uninstalled battlenet and all games, deleted all folders, even the hidden ones. net app installation is doing the same thing: getting stuck on the Updating function. To check this is acutally works unpause your download for atleast 20MINS and check before and after folder size and check if it did increase or not. 5 M1 MBP. What a mess. net app. 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. 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. I bought Dragonflight for my friend however when he's trying to install World of Warcraft, it is stuck initializing forever at 2145571 / 2145571 . I repaired the client 3 times and it is still stuck in 99% Initializing for 3 hours now. net, then end program on the blizzard updater, reopen b. net button at the top left of the Battle. 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. Start the update (installation in your case) Close the Battle. I purchased an external hard drive to re install wow. Check your internet connection: Make sure that you have a stable internet connection and that your firewall and antivirus software aren’t blocking the installation. (Am on a mac. Kaotik-2758 February 13, 2020, 2:06pm 1. net and select WoW. Maybe it helps! Or maybe try instal warzone and see if that works. net, uninstalled Battle. net installation got stuck. Delete the Battle. (Am on a mac. net files, every combo, tried just the battle. 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. I have uninstalled battlenet and all games, deleted all folders, even the hidden ones. net Agent". Running windows 10. 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. WoW Installation stuck on "initializing" tried new installation, clearing cache, creating new admin profile. reinstalling WoW with partial deletion of the data files; And now, finally, I removed everything related to BattleNet, Blizzard, and World of Warcraft and started a new fresh install. Technical Support. I’ve tried switching to mobile hotspot and nothing. Many players have reported this issue on the official forum and shared their possible solutions. Follow these steps to restart the app, update or uninstall security programs, delete the tools folder, and update your drivers and operating system. Some possible fixes are suggested, such as deleting bnet folder, switching. While being stuck it also sends and downloads data at full speed, so battle. If your Blizzard software becomes stuck when initializing, it might be due to a lack of write permissions. That doesn’t seem to accomplish anything. IF it D. 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). World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. net launcher from freshly downloaded . However, the update wouldn't ever start actually. I started experiencing this issue a few hours ago after being spammed with lua errors in-game with no addons enabled. If you have a previous failed download, delete the World of Warcraft Classic folder manually, otherwise, skip to step 5. It’s always initializing and reclaiming disc sp… This has happened to me occasionally since yesterday, sometimes kicking me out of the game. Same here. The_Sinful. NET. Edited by Blizzard - this topic is being locked as this is an old post which was bumped. 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. Check out this thread and see if any of them work for you. Technical Support. I ended up reinstalling the game. Technical Support. Beloratai-argent-dawn January 1, 2023, 3:31pm #3. The game should start the download for the update. I know global download speeds are low but I have. net managed to install, though it seemed to. net, even if I also. SupportTechnical Support. LoadingWorld of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing". I have tried EVERYTHING I could find here or on the web. Reboot Windows to safe mode + network. I had this issue. net agent is continuously crashing and restarting the “initializing” step of the download. I have to close the client and restart it a minimum of four times to get the update to begin. " Disable VPN: The Battle. net cache. Restarting this did not work. Then, press CTRL+ALT+DEL to get to your task manager, and end any process that is called AGENT. Follow same steps to turn Safe mode off and boot back normally. net cache, ran as administrator, reinstalled battle. Once the download actually starts in safe mode you can return to normal windows and it will get past the initializing loop. Having the same problem for the last 20 minutes now…. Stuck at initializing?If it's stuck saying it's initializing, I'd suspect a permissions problem somewhere still. net' folder and 'Diablo IV' folder. Played wow no problems. What i did to fix my problem, was to close the battlenet and then deleted "battlenet" and "Blizzard Entertainment" folders at C:ProgramData. . (Don’t enter with your id and password) Step 4: Download WoW with your regions. I had the same issue basically installer stuck on “initializing” and “Grabbing another update” for over an hour. Installed bnet and then tried to install WoW but “got the initializing…” loop. Technical Support. i cant install because im still i initializing… ive also attempted to install in a new folder. Confirm changes. 0%. Show more. . The MW and MW Launcher will be recreated after the. For whatever reason Overwatch is stuck updating itself, it just says “Initializing…”. Initializing 2145571/2145571 is exactly what I get. NET and GPU. NET and GPU. net is closed, along with any other World of Warcraft of proprietary processes in the Task Manager. exe in the game directory instead of throught the Battle. Followed alot of tips from forum posts with similar problem. Been sat for ages waiting to update, thought I was going insane. Tried restarting deleting cache folder restarting comp. Run the Blizzard Battle. if you receive any specific errors from the Desktop App about the installation process that can help narrow down what’s causing this. 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. If everything looks good on your end, try restarting the game client and see if the update starts downloading again. I even did a clean install of everything. net Launcher. Chromie-ahnqiraj November 16, 2022, 9:26pm #352. this fixed this issue . If you're having trouble installing or updating a game because the Battle. Click on locate the game, choose the folder. Support Technical Support. Wait for the update. I deleted the retail folder entirely and copied the classic folder. Deleted the files, uninstalled the launcher. Sign up for Zygor Elite and gain access to all of our guides. Update 2: Finally got past the indexes… but the download speed of the game is atrocious at 2. Perl-anetheron (Perl) March 9, 2021, 10:17pm #2. Every now and then it’ll start downloading at like 150 bytes a second for a minute then get back to being stuck at. :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” 🙃Disk Cleanup: Open the File Explorer and select “This PC” from the left pane. Trepan-archimonde November 16. After installing the battle. First, make sure that your internet connection is stable and that you’re not experiencing any network issues. Here, you can select "Flush DNS" and "Flush Network Cache. Once you are at character select, close the first unauthenticated WoW. Under Network Bandwidth, set both Latest updates and Future patch data values to 0 (0 means Unlimited). I have tried everything I possibly can find on the internet. 0: 68:Don't install it in Program Files (the default location is C:Program FilesRoberts Space Industries). net, flushed DNS, restarted computer, restarted internet, changed internet connection, etc. If your region is currently patching or undergoing maintenance there might be a known issue affecting all players. Start the test and launch the Battle. Game Install or Update Stuck at 0 B/s. net . net window. 3M subscribers in the wow community. Then on relaunch of bnet it said update, I clicked, it did a scan, and failed at 100%. net Update stuck at 0% in your Windows 10 PC. Be patient guys, Blizzard is a small indie company with very limited resources. I thought it was battle. I’ve gone into Task Manager and killed all Blizzard. Today I wanted to play WoW. I ended up deleting agent folder, emptying recycling bin, and restarting my pc before starting the launcher and it fixed everything. also manually patching agent and nothing helped even a little. r/ModernWarfareIII is a developer-recognized community focused on the title. net folder. log file from Documents/3DMark to ul. Rlyehfhtagn-twisting-nether November 17, 2022, 8:11pm. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. net launcher”. None of my friends have this issue. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Clear all app cache. Other games in the Blizzard launcher all download fine, it's. Nowaqu-burning-legion November 16, 2022, 7:57pm #144. Initializing (XXX/1006) It is moving incredibly slowly for having gigabit internet and SSD storage. Open the Blizzard Desktop Application. Try uninstalling ALL versions of WoW (Classic, Wrath, and Dragonflight) through the Battle. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is a 2023 first-person shooter video game primarily developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. 2. net launcher. Scan and repair doesn’t work either. Tried that, and completely uninstalled and reinstalled Bnet. If your region is currently patching or undergoing maintenance there might be a known issue affecting all players. Skarbrand-kazzak November 29, 2022, 8:21am #604. To do so, simply follow these easy steps: Right-click on the. r/starcitizen. mine aswell starting downloading the game a minute ago but has gone back to the initializing. Following someone elses advice, I tried uninstalling the battle. “@Maverick_LIVE_ Go ahead and open a ticket then. Reinstall the Battle. Selecting Properties from the list. . How to resolve this issue when installing or. Technical Support. log and 3dmark. I did not have a WoW window up, but for some reason the process was still. installWorld of Warcraft Pointing to the D:install when asked by battle. net / win update / beta bnet / you name it I did it any idea that can help me download the game or its just an issue I have to wait since its lunch day of the new gameLauncher stuck on initializing. b) Manage to select a location. Then press the Esc key to open the Game Menu. It’s always initializing and reclaiming disc space. Blizzard ForumsAre you stuck on initializing when trying to update or launch World of Warcraft? You are not alone. Technical Support. Pwnmode-mograine October 6, 2022, 3:11am #6. 36: 6371: November 3, 2023. All subsequent reattempts and repairs always failed with the “whoops. 4 GB update would be chucked in after completing an install of the game. Like topic says the install download will not go beyond initializing 2203048/2203048 and is in loop. This happens to me every so often, clears up immediately when I turn my firewall off. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. If I leave it up and try to let the client figure itself out, it'll sit there doing nothing for hours. exe while installation is proceeding. Shakazdi-wyrmrest-accord October 6, 2022, 1:03am 1. net launcher. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. Been stuck for more than 4 hours. This is something to do with agent I suspect as a notification did flash up briefly for it in the corner of the screen that I can’t access now to see what it was moaning about. Restart the Battle. Sort. 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, . Enable the highest download rate. Game update starts and then stops installing. Comments are on moderation and will be approved in a timely manner. Whenever I try to install my hearthstone game it says initializing until about 19% and then just stops. net, clear out all the WoW folders per Blizzard blue-post instructions, reinstall. Some suggest closing Steam, running as admin, or updating Windows as possible fixes. 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. Battlenet is the go-to client if you want to play big title games like Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, World of Warcraft, etc. CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. Also if you're not installing on your main partition, make sure you have free space on it since the installer might use. Use 'Show in Exporer', go into retail, and double-click on Wow. Updated: 3 weeks ago. net launcher keeps showing “Updating” and “Initializing”… and 0% completion. 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. 13. Trepan-archimonde November 16. net launcher. Check out this thread to see what worked for them and how you can get back. 2. Select all Agent, Blizzard Battle. Sometimes fetching download manifest. 4MB/s. Close out battle net. Under Network Bandwidth, set both the Latest updates and Future patch data values to 0 (0 means Unlimited). Updated Windows 10, . PC with fresh install has Windows 10. I had the same issue basically installer stuck on “initializing” and “Grabbing another update” for over an hour. Etzzy-doomhammer January 27, 2020, 6:22pm #4. exe file. net App (skip Step 6 for now, we will re-install later). Blizzard Forums Are you stuck on initializing when trying to update or launch World of Warcraft? You are not alone. net. I had the issue where it would do the initializing loop. Delete the Battle. Click on This PC (Windows 10) and open the system partition C. At least it worked for me. net Desktop Application gets stuck on Downloading New Files. . Will try on a third computer in a different city today and sending to the other computers via Dropbox or. well thats weird, launching the wow. In the Processes tab, end all processes related to the Blizzard app. Run as Administrator: Right-click on the installer and select “Run as Administrator” to give the installer the necessary permissions. Go to the Game Installation Location. 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 have been trying to install retail WoW all evening, and the battle. #158. Account, App, & Shop ; World of Warcraft. When you uninstall WoW if there are any left over files or corrupt data files those may not be removed. net Delete the Cache folder.