Please read the following rules before commenting: All comments must be on topic and add something of substance to the post;How to fix WoW update stuck initializing error? Run the Blizzard app with administrator privileges. Getting stuck on initializing can also indicate corrupt files, or there’s a problem with the drive the game is installed on. I had the same issue basically installer stuck on “initializing” and “Grabbing another update” for over an hour. net processes, restarting, etc. stuck here to, been sitting watching initilising for just under 2 hours, maybe time to give up cancel if blizz cant even get their act together with updates god help us for next expansion 6 Likes Voodoopanda-stormscale November 16, 2022, 6:42pmWoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. WoW update is stuck on initializing. Kaotik-2758 February 13, 2020, 2:06pm 1. Comments are on moderation and will be approved in a timely manner. Sometimes fetching download manifest. The game won’t even install, it is stuck on update/initializing loop. i have tried uninstalling wow retail, wow classic, and wow ptr and. I had the same problem with being stuck on initializing for about 2 hours. 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. To fix the problem, you can try running Bettle. Savagely-steamwheedle-cartel November 16, 2022, 9:40pm #36. Pause the initializing process and close Battle. 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, . Delete the Battle. Technical Support. My bnet are updating wow and it taking so much time from me. -force quit battle. NET. I can download any other blizzard game, classic, overwatch, diablo all fine. With their resources and experience they should be better than this. Kymthegreat-staghelm November 8, 2023, 6:23pm 1. Technical Support. Scan and repair, doesn’t work. net”. net initializing issue. Restarted client, restarted PC. I’ll have to wait, I guess. net. The problem is not on my side. → Now I am sitting at my computer, watching Battle. I have opened a ticket with blizzard but response time via email is not the best. How to fix the WoW update stuck initializing? Uncheck the ”Load startup items” box. Vanasmut-tichondrius. Restart my computer. 1. Technical Support. net says it has another update working. OS: Windows 11 (22H2) compilation: 22621. Edit 2: Got past the first initialization loop and into a measured megabyte download only to get stuck in yet another initialization loop. Try plugging your computer directly into your modem. Same issue here, tried restarting pc back to initializing. So the initializing needs 100mb but it took 20-30 minutes to get 10mb done and it proceeded to go back down to 0. Once you have the zip file, please email it to us: [email protected] on update/initializing. well thats weird, launching the wow. Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialogue. Technical Support. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. Technical Support. Tyler1-2130 June 16, 2023, 11:09pm 3. I have also tried repairing my game and still no joy : (. Alcatrazchad-silvermoon. Thought they would’ve made some improvements after OW2’s awful launch. Check out this thread to see what worked for them and how you can get back. net. Was working fine everyday im on just today it wont complete update. Zuul-balnazzar. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Exact same issue here, stuck in initializing for 25 minutes now. Restart your device and try downloading the update again. Im at a loss on what to do. 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 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). Misstps-mograine November 16, 2022, 7:45am #8. 1 429 Too Many Requests Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 06:39:34 GMT Server: nginx X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN X. Ethernia-tirion November 16, 2022, 7:16pm #67. EDIT: Looks like when you exit the game it goes back to Initializing…. " SupportTechnical Support. net cache, ran as administrator, reinstalled battle. It seems the only fix, for me atleast, is to leave the update on initializing for 35-45 minutes, it will eventually budge. 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. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. If you are getting stuck on Starting Battle. NET. Rebooted my pc, closed the launcher, nothign seems to work. Stuck on initializing screen and now. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. Just not the live version. 1 Like. reinstalling WoW with partial deletion of the data files. Agnass-anvilmar. 57 Likes. I’m trying to reinstall WoW but it’s just stuck on 0% initializing forever. Run Blizzard App in a Selective Startup. Last resort I went to my Mobile HotSpot. I’m having the same issue. 2 from battle. also stuck on initializing, currently at 30 minutes, really frustrating!. net_old'. net app and re open it or when I quit WoW (no matter which version) - Retail, TBC and Classic keeps updating. net -Deleting the -Blizzard Entertainment- folder in ProgramData Still it just endlessly gets stuck on. not to mention fixing my OS. I can download any other blizzard game, classic, overwatch, diablo all fine. I think a compensation is needed - if you cannot provide the service you are paid to provide to your customers, you need to give compensation. Hellbirah-aggramar July 14, 2023, 7:57pm #3. If I pause and resume it gets stuck on waiting on another update, despite being the only battlenet-game on the computer. If I leave it up and try to let the client figure itself out, it'll sit there doing nothing for hours. If you’re having trouble installing or updating a game because the Battle. NET. I’ve disabled my firewall. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Lavende-drakthul August 26, 2020, 8:14pm. After that, navigate to the following path: C : ProgramData Blizzard Entertainment Battle. net launcher and still says initializing. net. 819. Thought they would’ve made some improvements after OW2’s awful launch. Very frustrating. Jinji-whisperwind July 11, 2023, 8:31pm #1. The game will not be updating; click Play. exe and manually loging in, doesn’t help. reinstalling WoW with partial deletion of the data files. Update stuck on initializing. Install stuck on "Initializing". Deleting bnet folder in C:ProgramData. i have uninstalled both wow and battlenet. When there is a wow update, the ‘initializing’ phase of the download is very slow. Technical Support. net files, or a problem connecting to the patching server. Deleting the Battle. net, the app may be stuck at \"Initializing\" and not progressing. I have tried troubleshooting with every article available for a variety of issues. 2 Likes. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Glad I’m not the only one stuck in the initializing loop. Windows. The download progress bar is stuck at 0 b/s. (Dell - Killer networking) has a history of borking the Wow connection. Rambush-rattlegore July 15, 2023, 12:40am #1. net Tools folder to automatically rebuild outdated or corrupt files. I’ve also tried pausing the WoW updates to allow the desktop application to finish, but with no luck. net client right? Dèschanel-stormrage July 11, 2023, 11:45pm #3. Scan and Repair didn’t do anything either, got stuck just the same as Updating. It’s updating, the launcher bugs out currently to where it will stop showing it downloading all the encoding tables and. So good! Edit: yes, I tried restarting thje battle net app. Craftgoblin-guldan November 16, 2022, 9:17pm #332. 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 🙁 World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing"Close battle. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. Once the game ran, the “Initializing” disappeared and the PLAY button lit up. stuck now allso and nothing works. What worked for me. Blizzard seems to have a network issue. Exact same issue here, stuck in initializing for 25 minutes now. I guess the interim fix for now is to just run the exe and log in manually. you know its maintanence until 11am CEST. Katalin-ghostlands November 16, 2022, 6:23pm #17. I think a compensation is needed - if you cannot provide the service you are paid to provide to your customers, you need to give compensation. Restart your router . 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. Suddenly 5mb/s and everything works. 2 Likes. Edit: Restarting the app in admin mode seems to have sped up the initialization speed. Kranox-mazrigos. net app and install the program till you get to the initialization loop. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Stuck on ‘initializing’. Quick update: I managed to get hands on another PC where I did a fresh install of b. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Hi there, Also stuck on initializing. Stuck on initializing, every update. run Battlenet and install WOW. For this, running the Blizzard app in a selected startup can minimizing the program’s conflict. Oh sorry - it does waste my time, electricity and my mental health. Hexenmeíster-amanthul November 16, 2022, 7:06pm #49. My desktop PC isn’t updating but oddly my laptop works ok which I don’t get as I used the desktop for wow yesterday and I’ve ran WoW on my laptop for weeks. Go to Download Manager. 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. 1 Like. Oh. net and still. stuck here to, been sitting watching initilising for just under 2 hours, maybe time to give up cancel if blizz cant even get their act together with updates god help us for next expansion. Sadly did not work for me. I understand the game needs updates. Tyler1-2130 June 16, 2023, 11:09pm 3. Seems a widespread issue. net' folder to 'battle. Following someone elses advice, I tried uninstalling the battle. Uncheck everything on Network Bandwith. For me these steps worked but. Jadzía-cthun (Jadzía) November 16, 2022, 6:57pm #35. Technical Support. ye it works again, it looks like it was something wrong on the update servers. Féyre-burning-blade November 16, 2022, 9:21pm #344. Katalin-ghostlands November 16, 2022, 6:23pm #17. 2 Likes. i have tried uninstalling wow retail, wow classic, and wow ptr and reinstalling wow retail. The new Battle. Now it says that it waits for some other downloads to finish… = (. I’m having the same issue. im not sure why its not connecting for wow when hearthstone, diablo etc work. Technical Support. 2. Won’t go past that. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. WoW download stuck on "initializing". Initially stuck on “initializing”, then uninstalled Battle. Also stuck on. Click on locate the game, choose the folder. I have tried removing all traces of battle net from my pc, including %appdata% %localdata% and program data etc, removed the WoW client and attempted a fresh re install, this wouldn’t even initialise. If I uninstall battle. Dragndiznuts-twisting-nether December 9, 2022, 4:56am. Uninstalling and reinstalling would not be a problem normally, but with the low download rate that the game manages (thanks blizzard download servers!) and being unwilling to run the pc over night, I’ll lose another half day of beta time. I have click stop the download and click run it again. If you’re having trouble installing or updating a game because the Battle. Open Task Manager. Ethernia-tirion November 16, 2022, 7:16pm #67. Expect at least. mine aswell starting downloading the game a minute ago but has gone back to the initializing. I uninstalled Battlenet nd reinstalled but that did not work. Im at a loss on what to do. Hi there, Also stuck on initializing. Stuck on initializing. Game Install Stuck on Initializing. net app. net is running, close it; Close all Battle. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. I’ve disabled my firewall. Try closing the Battle. 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, . Really glad I tried installing it before I reactivated. If I can give you any advice guys, just don’t waste your time trying to troubleshoot the issue yourself. If your region is currently patching or undergoing maintenance there might be a known issue affecting all players. Once the game ran, the “Initializing” disappeared and the PLAY button lit up. It should work after about a minute or two. Anyway stuck initializing after I hit 65%…. Technical Support. Already ran as Admin, renamed folders, flushed DNS…. Some of the time Battle. For me it started yesterday already. Technical Support. However, it refuses to update the game and remains stuck on initializing. Tried opening wow. I even did a clean install of everything. Blizzard is the single game dev studio which continuously cannot push out big updates / expansions due to the absolute lack of care for increased traffic on their. Uncheck everything on Network Bandwith. Only thing that worked for me was to go to the Download Manager. SupportTechnical Support. Exact same issue here, stuck in initializing for 25 minutes now. NET. Swear blizz never used to have this much of an issue with updates and video game launches. What a mess. 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. Restart your computer and try the install/update now. This is happen so frequently. Seems its on Blizz’s back end. 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. Step 3: Open with Offline Mode in settings. exe in my folder and logged in manually w/ authenticator. Wish they fix this issue. Net Launcher somehow lost the location of all of my games. Anyway stuck initializing after I hit 65%…. Uninstalling and reinstalling battlenet. net launcher”. net Launcher. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. NET. servers aren’t responding:. cleared caches. WoW update is stuck on initializing. completely exit battle net and restart it. Show more. Mine is stuck on Initializing (452/452 bytes) and just doesnt budge. I’ve tried removing the . net update agent in task manager before it would work to reopen and start the patch successfully. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. net launcher”. I recently uninstalled it to make room for another game. I was given the advice to use these instructions found in the “Blizzard Support: Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing” and it worked for me. Zobo-argent-dawn December 3, 2022, 6:12pm 609. net app completely, didn’t help. To solve Destiny 2 stuck on initializing problem, this method is the first to go. I have tried restarting my pc, disabling the firewall and running as admin there has been no joy still stuck on initializing. NET. Follow same steps to turn Safe mode off and boot back normally. Same issue, been waiting an hour now trying to download - being an old vet in this game I remember the times back at the start with issues like this and Blizzard would credit us day to our subscriptions - I wonder why they wont bring that idea back. Technical Support. I have fast internet and the space on the computer. I’ve tried everything recommended except reinstalling bnet launcher. Restarted bnet. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. Expect at least some free game time for this. Battlenet installs no problem, its just the initializing loop when trying to download WoW. Now, I tried something different. Completely close the battle net app then navigate to the directory above. Switching battlenet launcher to the Beta version. #$%#. Have tried stopping all the battle. Welbert-argent-dawn November 16, 2022, 6:54pm #32. Tried opening wow. It started couple hours ago. Cannot update wow at all. net Desktop AppWhenever I try to install my hearthstone game it says initializing until about 19% and then just stops. Control panel > user accounts > Change User Account Control Settings. net or OW2 itself. Overwatch 2, a popular free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter game, continues to evolve with frequent updates and bug fixes from Blizzard Entertainment. Kymthegreat-staghelm November 8, 2023, 6:23pm 1. That did not work for me, still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. net desktop app. Subject line: Stuck on initializing. I’ve tried restarting Battle. 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, . Was looking forward to a nice evening with. With their resources and experience they should be better than this. Phantasticus-azuremyst November 16, 2022, 7:54pm #139. net cache files following the steps Here . I had the same issue basically installer stuck on “initializing” and “Grabbing another update” for over an hour. ran as admin, uninstalled. It is stuck on initializing. I have tried troubleshooting with every article available for a variety of issues. net. 13. net launcher”. But this is just frustrating at this point. Nothing is working helllpppp. Grubbass-burning-legion. net . 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, . Rename World of Warcarft folder to something else. I had WotLK and retail installed but it still could not locate either one even after manually pointing it at the file location. Stuck on Initializing. Hellbirah-aggramar July 14, 2023, 7:57pm #3. Ðrpøurritûs-les-sentinelles November 16, 2022, 6:44pm #25. 2 Likes. Already did all the t/s steps provided but nothing works. ran as admin, uninstalled. Aderya-bloodhoof November 16, 2022, 7:23pm #84. Now luckily these issues are similar enough that the same steps should help with all three types of issues. exe. 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. Installing Blizzard Games on Another Computer. Now the game is stuck on initializing. Updated Windows 10, . net Launcher. To do so, simply follow these easy steps: Right-click on the Blizzard app’s desktop shortcut and open Properties. Wish they fix this issue. Technical Support. Once the download actually starts in safe mode you can return to normal windows and it will get past the initializing loop. Even asked Reddit. 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. Same here, been trying everything i can think of nothing works. Breaking News Blizzard Support - Longer than usual wait times Breaking News This Week's Scheduled Maintenance. catflapps. Exact same issue here, stuck in initializing for 25 minutes now. If I try again, it keeps failing. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Partner and I also stuck on “Initializing” at 0%, seems a widespread issue. Run your Blizzard client as administrator ; Check your antivirus software; Set the Windows Secondary Logon is set to automatic; Method 1: Rename the Destiny 2 folder. If you're having trouble installing or updating a game on Battle. Technical Support. Kaotik-2758 February 13, 2020, 2:06pm 1. restarted and hardbooted. Instead of using a wireless connection, use a physical LAN. Xee-draenor March 27, 2023, 9:52pm 1. Checking the logs for the update agent it looks like it was constantly. net app, but now Im on 0% for installing battle. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Within this directory just delete the folder named Battle. However, it refuses to update the game and remains stuck on. 13. I have tried everything I possibly can find on the internet. net as an administrator and in compatibility mode. " message that never goes away? If so, you are not alone. net. 4 Likes. If those two solutions don’t work, you’ll need to delete your WTF, Cache, and Interface folders located in your World of Warcraft directory. I was surprised there weren’t already threads about his in this. Vanasmut-tichondrius. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Restart the Battle. Emiriana-silvermoon November 16, 2022, 6:20pm #16. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. all other games work fine, just not wow.