net Stuck in a Refresh Loop. Me too. Xee-draenor March 27, 2023, 9:52pm 1. net, Blizzard, and/or Blizzard Entertainment folders in the Windows temporary file locations below. 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. Updated: 8 months ago Article ID: 23672 Antivirus and firewall software play an important role in computer security. Video driver crash in World of Warcraft with AMD video cards (7900 XTX) on DirectX 12. Tried everything I’ve seen posted and no dice. Which meant all my addons and set-ups were erased. It will work then. Updated: 4 months ago Article ID: 206714 Common Problems. I’d like to report that I can’t download WoW. I've now completely uninstalled everything from my Battle. Foxaris-draenor November 28, 2022, 9:52pm. We are able to install battle. net Update 2: Finally got past the indexes… but the download speed of the game is atrocious at 2. Trying to do update that is apparently needed today but just stuck. Turn on your. -tried uninstalling from the battle. SOLUTION: I ran the Wow. 14. net again. secondary logon. 3. Usual way to resolve this is to reboot your computer and then start the launcher to get the update. The Battle. Hopefully it gets a fix. Click on the lock and unlock it,. Technical Support. Didn’t do anything. Up to two hours before the download starts. The download progress bar is stuck at 0 b/s. 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. net installation directory, and the default path should look like this: C:\ProgramData\Blizzard Entertainment\Battle. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. Once the game ran, the “Initializing” disappeared and the PLAY button lit up. So im at 150/270mb on initializing nowlol. net desktop app may resolve rare launcher issues. While being stuck it also sends and downloads data at full speed, so 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. Slide the slider all the way down to never Notify. Already submitted 3 bug reports through the battle. I purchased an external hard drive to re install wow. Reboot your PC. net Launcher and attempt the installation again. Try plugging your computer directly into your modem. love this game. 48. Same also, for PTR, and all versions of wow. Same stuck on “Initializing” and I Just pre purchased the expansion so I could enjoy playing this evening. 2 Common Issues Breaking News This Week's Scheduled Maintenance Can't Install the Public Test Realm Client. You’ll have to: Reset your user interface, this will ensure. World of Warcraft ⚡ Guardians of the Dream - Common Issues CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. Got better things to do. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. net app, and then click Exit. Shocckington-tichondrius November 14, 2023, 4:52pm 2. Updated Windows 10, . stuck on initializing or about 30mins only few hours before wotlk release , such a stressful experience. Stuck on initializing, every update. 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. In the Processes tab, end all processes related to the Blizzard app. Run troubleshooting for WoW download update stuck on initializing. Right-click on the “Partition” on which the game has been installed and select “Properties”. ran as. Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did nothing, several times. net. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Or at least, that’s what fixed it for me last time it happened to me. net processes, restarting, etc. I have uninstalled battlenet and all games, deleted all folders, even the hidden ones. net client right? Dèschanel-stormrage July 11, 2023, 11:45pm #3. It also doesn’t matter. net, uninstalled Battle. Pekins-firemaw November 15, 2022, 6:37pm #1. Support Technical Support. It is now stuck on "Applying Updates 0%". Download stuck on the "Updating Battle. Still stuck on initializing. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15,. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. 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. Hexenmeíster-amanthul November 16, 2022, 7:06pm #49. Turn off your PC. Pretty sure this must be a bug in their software at this stage. :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” 🙃World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Hibb-tichondrius August 26, 2020, 6:25pm #1. net Launcher. New comments cannot be posted. 2 from battle. However, the update wouldn't ever start actually. Stuck on initializing screen and. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. Then press the Esc key to open the Game Menu. The problem is not on my side. Hi there, Also 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. • Next (before re-installing) let’s delete any Battle. If it's actually using network then just leave it and it should finish eventually. YOUR. The progress bars do not progress at all, stuck on “…Initializing”. WoW gets stuck on initializing when trying to update. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on. This forum provides players with a place to discuss technical issues with each other and official Blizzard representatives. Step 3. i cant install because im still i initializing… ive also attempted to install in a new folder. Check BIOS settings for World of Warcraft. net Tools folder to automatically rebuild. " SupportTechnical Support. NET. The “agent” is crashing my whole internet connection, does nothing. Support Technical Support. Support Technical Support. Then input -d3d11 in the box. Stuck between initializing and fetching patch manifest. Stuck on Initializing. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Krugraa-argent-dawn (Krugraa) December 16, 2021, 10:03pm #3. Support Account My Gifts Careers Company. Spread the loveAs a World of Warcraft player, it can be frustrating when an update gets stuck on “Initializing” on your Windows computer. restarted and hardbooted. So far nothing has worked. It’s the same result. net, updating windows 10 optional and intel, deleting the Warcraft files multiple times. well thats weird, launching the wow. Renamed the copy to retail and relaunched battlenet as admin. My Tickets. Having the same issue. It’s always initializing and reclaiming disc sp…Jinji-whisperwind July 11, 2023, 8:31pm #1. Save changes and start the app. And now, finally, I removed everything related to BattleNet, Blizzard, and World of Warcraft and started a new fresh install. 2 Likes. this a solution that I found when my world of Warcraft download got stuck at 0 B/s and wouldn't move no matter how long I left it up. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Game update starts and then stops installing. Update or temporarily uninstall any security programs, which may mistakenly identify the login module as a security threat. 2 Common Issues Subject. You can close battle. I was able to resolve this issue using a VPN, setting my location to Hong Kong. Click the Settings menu option. com Restart your PC. The progress bar below the Install/Update button is currently at Initializing (242/1006) with a creeping progression. Nazwyn-terenas (Nazwyn) November 16, 2022, 7:28pm 94. Getting stuck on initializing can also indicate corrupt files, or there’s a problem with the drive the game is installed on. Press Command + I. Tick the checkbox for Hidden items, and click on the Program Data folder. Try uninstalling ALL versions of WoW (Classic, Wrath, and Dragonflight) through the Battle. net launcher”. Community Tournaments. 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. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game on Battle. Sometimes fetching download manifest. net, Blizzard, and/or Blizzard Entertainment folders in the Windows temporary file locations below. As Tratt mentioned, the troubleshooting steps below should have the most impact: SOLUTION: I ran the Wow. Uninstalling and reinstalling the Battle. Click on the Disable all and then OK to confirm changes. Close all Battle. If anybody has this problem, open task manager and end the task "Agent". Follow these steps to troubleshoot the problem and resume the installation or update process. Press the Reset In-Game Options button to confirm. 18423. Stuck at initializing?Start the battle. Clearing Battle. go to the Boot tab. Not working here “Initializing” Tried all the tricks here. net app and re open it or when I quit WoW (no matter which version) - Retail, TBC and Classic keeps updating. Explanation please Blizz, not a great customer experience. If you don’t see all 3 folders in each. Same, been nearly an hour now with zero movement. Technical Support. Read on the forum that you can try to reinstall the battle. net in Program Files (x86) and Program Data. What worked for me. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game because the Battle. Look for any battle. The Repair Tool will scan your game files and attempt to fix any problems it finds. Neither. :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” 🙃I thought it was battle. net’s scan and repair tool. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Then try wow again. For what it’s worth, stuck on initializing for about 40 minutes now, after rebooting the PC because I was stuck on “waiting for another update to finish” for half an hour. Fix, rename etc. Technical Support. 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. net should fix the issue, but a addon manager sometimes stops the update. For whatever reason Overwatch is stuck updating itself, it just says “Initializing…”. Blizzard failing at being a game company. net as admin. A fresh install of Bnet and WoW has done nothing. Open Task Manager. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. net update agent in task manager before it would work to reopen and start the patch successfully. 57 Likes. I managed to finally get the game to fully install after trying a couple suggestions in conjunction with each other. exe from the retail directory bypasses it, it almost immediately stops initialising while launching the game, and game runs fine, no. )Restarting battle. My Battle. 2 Likes. Emeldavi-tichondrius. Stuck on initializing, can’t play. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. ran as admin, uninstalled. Deleting these files is perfectly safe and won't harm your system in any way. ” I have tried causing the downloader to “start this update now” but that has no effect. Once the game ran, the “Initializing” disappeared and the PLAY button lit up. Common Problems. Dartanin-ghostlands. Like topic says the install download will not go beyond initializing 2203048/2203048 and is in loop. When installing, game switches to “Updating” and gets into the loop of getting “Initializing (2127019/2127019)”. It seems the only fix, for me atleast, is to leave the update on initializing for 35-45 minutes, it will eventually budge. Heymerth-chamber-of-aspects November 16, 2022, 7:21pm #76. Updating 0% Initializing. I have restarted the application. netUpdate 2: Finally got past the indexes… but the download speed of the game is atrocious at 2. Completely close the battle net app then navigate to the directory above. Here’s how to fix your screen freezing in the loading men in World of Warcraft: The battle. Dezyy-hellfire November 16, 2022, 7:54pm #138. net file > Agent file > latest agent file > latest AgentNGDP file and send that to: Techinfo@blizzard. ago. Delete the Battle. Check out this thread to see what worked for them and how you can get back. net -closing tasks in Task Manager related to Battle. Restarting this did not work. I had the same issue basically installer stuck on “initializing” and “Grabbing another update” for over an hour. Changing region. SupportTechnical Support. The new Battle. Not working here “Initializing” Tried all the tricks here. Pekins-firemaw November 15, 2022, 6:37pm #1. 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. Still stuck on initializing. Or at least, that’s what fixed it for me last time it happened to me. net app and re open it or when I quit WoW (no matter which version) - Retail, TBC and Classic keeps updating. Click on locate the game, choose the folder. Thought they would’ve made some improvements. Technical Support. net, so I uninstalled and now bnet re-install is stuck on 0% for a few hours. Other users comment with their own experiences, tips and feedback on the same problem. Constant Updates and Endless Initialising. 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”. 4MB/s. It should say Install instead of Play. Re-downloaded the launcher and tried downloading again. My guess is overloaded Blizzard servers but that’s just a wild guess as. go to the Boot tab. net app icon and choose ‘Run as administrator’. net but the download is stuck at initializing/0% and then I get the whoops! window. Groót-quelthalas November 16, 2022, 8:28pm #208. :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” 1 Like. Click on This PC (Windows 10) and open the system partition C. Technical Support. . net and the download seems to continuously get stuck on 'Initializing', making no progress. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. Nothing works. I’m stuck as well…. I’ve disabled my firewall. i have tried uninstalling wow retail, wow classic, and wow ptr and reinstalling wow retail. Switching battlenet launcher to the Beta version. Femfatale-haomarush. Same here, stuck on initializing. Battle Net gets stuck on initializing (Fix) Game update starts and then stops installing. im not sure why its not connecting for wow when hearthstone, diablo etc work. Community. AggravatingTest3760. msc in the search box and. I can’t get past the “initializing” stage to start the. How to Purchase World of Warcraft World of Warcraft is free to play up to level 20 so that new players can experience the game without first having to buy it. net update agent uses my full bandwidth while. net app. Camuz-golemagg November 16, 2022,. net is closed, along with any other World of Warcraft of proprietary processes in the Task Manager. I was surprised there weren’t already threads about his in this support forum. Download Stuck on 0% initializing. Battle Net gets stuck on initializing (Fix)Game update starts and then stops installing. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. 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. Linux. Close all other applications to resolve software conflicts and free up resources. Rambush-rattlegore July 15, 2023, 12:40am #1. I knew I’d have to relearn spells and rotations, but tbh, this seems a lot more like a 3rd line technical. net Desktop App with these steps: • Uninstall the Blizzard Battle. 27758. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first Dracthyr Evoker after a long day of work. Support My Tickets Contact Support Support. This resolved this issue for me. With W11, the result is the same. net client cache ensures you rule out the file corruption as a cause of the error that prevents you from initializing WoW updates. Hopefully it gets a fix. Click OK and Restart your Steam. Click the box for Safe Mode and then click the Network option underneath at the bottom. Are you having trouble with your World of Warcraft installation or update? Do you see the annoying "Initializing. World of Warcraft® Overwatch® 2. Vengeful Chicken is available for the next 3 days (NA)Update is stuck on initializing for World of Warcraft retail (worked fine for classic). Disable or temporarily uninstall these programs, restart your computer, and try. I have tried restarting my pc, disabling the firewall and running as admin there has been no joy still stuck on initializing. Downloading WOW Initializing stuck on (2145571) Desktop App Tech Support. Low and behold I can’t even download the game I paid for because it gets stuck in an infinite initializing loop. deleting battle. Running BNet with Admin privileges and Windows 7 compatibility mode. cleared caches. 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”. When there is a wow update, the ‘initializing’ phase of the download is very slow. Force deleted everything about the game from my computer, reinstall doesn’t work. 1 Like. net App. thought it was just me… gave up and uninstalled - now I can’t reinstall. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. I am unable to download the new patch and am stuck on initializing I have already restarted my entire pc. Restart your computer to resolve problems caused by programs and services running in the background. Reset the permissions on your WoW folder: 1. At least it worked for me. Expect at least some free game time for this. Hopefully that helps, good luck!World of Warcraft ⚡ Guardians of the Dream - Common Issues Waiting on Another Installation or Update. It has been 2 days. Now, when the scan completes, it immediately begins a new scan. WoW Download is stuck on initializing. Trepan-archimonde November 16,. Known WoW Classic Technical Support Issues [Updated - Jan 6th, 2023] Well met, adventurers! We’ll be using this forum thread to track known technical support issues, like conflicts which cause performance errors, crashes, and connection problems in WoW Classic. Camuz-golemagg November 16, 2022,. Received Wrong Amount of Bloody Tokens from PvP World Quest - Overcoming A Mountain: Krolkoth. Step 3. 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. 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. Edit: Scan and repair seems to have fixed it for now. g. I guess the interim fix for now is to just run the exe and log in manually. Tried that, and completely uninstalled and reinstalled Bnet. Right click and select Run as Administrator on the launcher. Technical Support. It’s always initializing and reclaiming disc space. Updated: 6 months ago Article ID: 14236 Common Problems. net cache, ran as administrator, reinstalled battle. Not working here “Initializing” Tried all the tricks here. However, it refuses to update the game and remains stuck on. 🤔 ( I have. Nallianah-wyrmrest-accord. Same here, stuck on initializing. net or World of Warcraft processes in the Task Manager. The download progress bar is stuck at 0 b/s. Every time I close Battle. PC. 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 Desktop App with these steps: • Uninstall the Blizzard Battle. You don't have two big updates on the same day. I’ve tried restarting Battle. YOUR. Within this directory just delete the folder named Battle. I have also tried repairing my game and still no joy : (. In most cases, we find that “Initializing…” getting stuck is typically caused by a conflicting third-party program, damaged/corrupted local Battle. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Fixes I’ve tried:. net as admin. No matter which one I have it work on, the Update gets stuck on “Initializing” at 0% and won’t. -redownload a fresh battle. This patch/update really screwed things up and is making a lot of experiences in game very. net Tools folder to automatically rebuild outdated or corrupt files. Cofe-azuremyst November 16, 2022, 7:20pm #72. Here are the steps to force stop blizzard application:Common Problems. Uninstalled everything to do with battlenet launcher, used VPN to switch country, reinstalled launcher and located game and started update straight away. Delete the Battle. World of Warcraft ⚡ Guardians of the Dream - Common Issues Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. X:world of warcraftworld of warcraft Good luck. Restarted my PC and was able to start up wow just fine. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Follow same steps to turn Safe mode off and boot back normally. I play on a Mac. Net, deleted everything related to WoW and WotLK Classic and Battle. Disable any proxies that may interfere with the login module. Anyone else stuck on 0% updating or initializing? Update not working for me. also manually patching agent and nothing helped even a little. Also, if I go and launch each individual . Just delete 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. Delete the Battle. Technical Support. - and World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, and must run one of our games. Step 5. Control panel > user accounts > Change User Account Control Settings. Mine was doing this just now but I just let it roll for about 10 mins and it started downloading eventually. WoW Stuck on Initializing Help Trying to download World of Warcraft on Battle. Close the task manager.