Click the Blizzard icon at the top left part of the screen and choose Settings from the dropdown menu. Technical. net Launcher. Thaelia-deathwing. There was an update for the battle. This might fix the issue. Got better things to do. Also, if I go and launch each individual . 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. Select all Agent, Blizzard Battle. Windows. Sad to see all these reports. I had to go in and relocate each of them and it was fine, except for World of Warcraft. @NarcoticBooDa24 If you're stuck on "Checking for Updates" - removed it often leaves junk data in this article: Blizzard Agent Troubleshooting (PC) Keywords: Agent, agent. Nerd-argent-dawn November 16, 2022, 8:17pm #181. Cannot update wow at all. If your Blizzard software becomes stuck when initializing, it might be due to a lack of write permissions. net If Battle. Advanced Troubleshooting. Third day in a row now. There was an update for 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. well thats weird, launching the wow. net, the game started to update, as usual. repeat until successful. Same issue. I had WotLK and retail installed but it still could not locate either one even. Install stuck on "Initializing". Close all other applications to resolve software conflicts and free up resources. I can’t start WoW client directly because it’s not compatible (probably because of phase two today, it needs to update). Have authenticator connected and once you have a device that’s been authenticated a couple of times it stops asking so all I have to do is good ol logging in. 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. well I did try lots of stuff like reinstalling app. net app installation is doing the same thing: getting stuck on the Updating function. Check BIOS settings for World of Warcraft. Windows. First, make sure that your internet connection is stable and that you’re not experiencing any network issues. also manually patching agent and nothing helped even a little. Idk what to do now. Run as Admin. Elbodeep-area-52. World of Warcraft addon managers can prevent Agent from updating game files. net; Revert the folder name change; Start battle. Delete all the files in the folder. Go to the Game Installation Location. Same happened to me yesterday. net folder and restart your Blizzard App. net processes, restarting, etc. Getting stuck on initializing can also indicate corrupt files, or there’s a problem with the drive the game is installed on. net, deleted the WoW files, Battle. I was stuck in initializing also. WoW will launch without your BNet login. Right-click on the Blizzard app’s desktop shortcut and open Properties. Earlier today, I got stuck in a never-ending scan and repair loop. Technical Support. The progress bar below the Install/Update button is currently at Initializing (242/1006) with a creeping progression. Download stuck on the "Updating Battle. net program. net stop wuauserv. Like topic says the install download will not go beyond initializing 2203048/2203048 and is in loop. Still stuck on initializing. Which meant all my addons and set-ups were erased. Mine is stuck on Initializing (452/452 bytes) and just doesnt budge. The Updating never gets anywhere, stuck on 0%, with it also saying "Initializing". #158. Have also cleared bnet cache with rm -rf /Users/Shared/Batt. I repaired the client 3 times and it is still stuck in 99% Initializing for 3 hours now. Open Battle. That doesn’t seem to accomplish anything. 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… Right click and select Run as Administrator on the launcher. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same … Completely wipe every mention of blizzard from Applications, Library in ~/ and /, and reinstall battle. net App (skip Step 6 for now, we will re-install later). I opened a ticket to remove the authenticator now I'm stuck waiting for help. catflapps. Try logging out of the Battle. I’ve also tried pausing and resuming with no avail and double checked there’s enough space on SSDs. Attempt the install or update while the winMTR tool is running. Try uninstalling ALL versions of WoW (Classic, Wrath, and Dragonflight) through the Battle. C:Program Files (x86)World of Warcraft. Can't install WoW. The Updating never gets anywhere, stuck on 0%, with it also saying "Initializing". You can do that here: ^JH”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 stressful experienceTroubleshooting Security Applications. Alter your DNS to unblock Blizzard download servers, then run the update once more. Shower. Open Task Manager. 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. Fogg-silvermoon November 18, 2022, 7:06am #551. I had the same issue a few days ago and I fixed it by launching the game through wow. I’ve tried switching to mobile hotspot and nothing. In the “Host” field, enter “ us. The download progress bar is stuck at 0 b/s. Seems its on Blizz’s back end. Test the internet speed. World of Warcraft on Reddit! I had this happen on my old Windows 10 computer. Finally, go back to the shortcut for the game or the launcher and right click to Run as Administrator. After recording data for about 5 minutes, click “export text” and save the winMTR file in an easy to find. Have already restarted my PC and tried to pause/restart the update. net; It should say Install instead of Play; Close battle. Confirm changes. I think the download servers are dead. The game stay’s on initializing 2151354/2151354. This is the fix that’s worked for me. If you don’t see all 3 folders in each. After Uninstalling I cant even re-install WoW at all this is crazy it just keeps scanning and repairing and says its going to update then fails over and over, horrible. battle. anyone know why Locked post. I'm having the same problem as this guy, basically the installer hangs at the beginning with the Battle. World of Warcraft Arena World Championship. Look for any battle. Step 1: Go to Blizzard Battle. There was an update for the battle. H-6 before dragonflight it’s really nice. net as admin. net processes in Task Manager; Navigate to the following: C:\ ProgramData \Blizzard Entertainment\ Battle. Right click and select Run as Administrator on the launcher. Removing bandwidth limit. World of Warcraft ⚡ Guardians of the Dream - Common Issues CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. I have tried clearing my Bnet cache, I have tried closing everything in Task. Try closing background applications to. Updating 0% Initializing. If your World of Warcraft update is stuck initializing, there are a few things you can try to fix the issue. And, yes, this is a. 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. Click the box for Safe Mode and then click the Network option underneath at the bottom. The new Battle. net icon spinning but the "start install" button is greyed out. )World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Blizzard Entertainment. My WoW PTR update remains at 83%, WoW Classic and Retail. Support My Tickets Contact Support. -tried uninstalling from the battle. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. 57 Likes. Delete the Battle. The new Battle. net and select WoW. Click on Blizzard and choose Settings from the drop-down menu. Save changes and start the app. Some suggest closing Steam, running as admin, or updating Windows as possible. World of Warcraft Forums Support Technical Support. Followed alot of tips from forum posts with similar problem. Wait for a minute then plug your modem and router back into the power source. And when I come back to my pc I can press play. Have deleted and retired several times, restarted computer to no avail. net Agent". Had a corrupt UI and went through procedure to reset WoW which didn’t correct problem. thought it was just me… gave up and uninstalled - now I can’t reinstall. Tick the. Technical Support. Help! Since the newest patch in WoW I’ve been unable to load the game. Game specific issues need to be reported on that game’s forums… in this case, that would be WoW. Disable or temporarily uninstall these programs, restart your computer, and try. Step 3. After killing the process, exit the tool and. Under Network Bandwidth, set both the Latest updates and Future patch data values to 0 (0 means Unlimited). Step 2: Reinstall BattleNet. I had the same issue basically installer stuck on “initializing” and “Grabbing another update” for over an hour. I’ve tried everything listed on this thread (including trying with my antivirus turned off), but I still am stuck on initializing (2145571/2145571). Im 2 hours futher, but no luck. I’ve gone into Task Manager and killed all Blizzard. I had this issue. net app and re open it or when I quit WoW (no matter which version) - Retail, TBC and Classic keeps updating. Every time I close Battle. Thank you for your help! comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a CommentI updated my graphics driver and that fixed it. I found I had to go and manually End Task on the Battle. I can’t reinstall WoW. net and the download seems to continuously get stuck on 'Initializing', making no progress. Same here, stuck on initializing. 0: 68:Don't install it in Program Files (the default location is C:Program FilesRoberts Space Industries). net App is stuck in a Scan & Repair loop, this usually indicates that your game data is corrupted. net to place World of Warcraft. Krugraa-argent-dawn (Krugraa) December 16, 2021, 10:03pm #3. Okay yes I am an administrator. 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. 2 Common Issues Subject. This is the issue with connection/Lan try change internet settings/ DNS , IP or just use hotspot and should work. Then click Options > Game Settings. net as admin. If I try again, it keeps failing. Chromie-ahnqiraj November 16, 2022, 9:26pm #352. Program Data was a hidden file, so you'll have to go to view and check 'Hidden Items' to view this folder. net Desktop App is stuck at "Initializing," try the following steps: Restart Battle. But I have troubles to install the game. net and try. Blizzard Forums Are you stuck on initializing when trying to update or launch World of Warcraft? You are not alone. WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Show more. Every time I login to battle. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same. 8 MB in the Initialization phase, and then stops and switches to Updating. Technical Support. I’ve tried everything listed on this thread (including trying with my antivirus turned off), but I still am stuck on initializing (2145571/2145571). if you receive any specific errors from the Desktop App about the installation process that can help narrow down what’s causing this. net, I've deleted several folders of anything existing of blizzard/battle. Gui and Cli setup follow the tutorial in youtube or the other websites/forums/blogs. Select the Compatibility tab. net installation directory, and the default path should look like this: C:\ProgramData\Blizzard Entertainment\Battle. Restart the PC then restart the Battle. Troubleshooting steps when a game installation or update is stuck on "Initializing" Failed to Initialize Direct3D. NET and GPU. Maybe it helps! Or maybe try instal warzone and see if that works. I'm OCE, and completely unable to patch to most recent build. Many players have reported this issue on the official forum and shared their possible solutions. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. Signed in/ out reboosted everything. That should resolve the halt. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. right click mypc (or computer for win7) click “manage” then look for “device manager” (under system tools) click on that then look for “network adapters” expand by clicking the arrow on the left. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any. Any other tips?WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. And as a lot of players have come back, it is a bit busy, but in general these things will get fixed quite quick. 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. 13. 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. net app icon and choose ‘Run as administrator’. I’ve disabled my firewall. CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. For PC, A. Have tried stopping all the battle. Updated: 4 months ago Article ID: 302546 Common Problems I click on install for a game and the install button changes to the spinning Battle. How to fix WoW update stuck on initializing – World of Warcraft. 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. Battle Net gets stuck on initializing (Fix) While it will be stuck on < Initializing (2145571/2145571) > for 30min without the wow folder increasing in memory size, after 30min it began downloading as it should. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. Uninstalled & went to reinstall, keep getting stuck in the scanning/initializing loop & once it was finally starting to properly install WoW battlenet launcher crashes, won’t load (says can’t run on the computer?! it always has before) so i uninstall the launcher & try to. You can replicate the problem by simply marking the Data folder as Read-Only, suggesting something on your pc is preventing access to the game folder (s), usually an anti-virus or firewall app. I tried restarting the client, I tried rebooting my computer. However, I now have access to the game. net Desktop App is stuck at "Initializing," try the following steps: Update or temporarily uninstall any security programs, which may mistakenly identify the login module as a security threat. Silvansaria-nordrassil. Already submitted 3 bug reports through the battle. • 2 mo. Been sat for ages waiting to update, thought I was going insane. I had the issue where it would do the initializing loop. We are able to install battle. net App (skip Step 6 for now, we will re-install later). net app installation is doing the same thing: getting stuck on the Updating function. If everything looks good on your end, try restarting the game client and see if the update starts downloading again. Renamed the copy to retail and relaunched battlenet as admin. . I’m having the same issue. So glad I’m not the only one. net stuck on initializing. Trepan-archimonde November. my battlenet client is trying to update wow and its stuck on initializing. World of Warcraft Forums – 29 Nov 22 Update stuck on initializing. Baerduun-defias-brotherhood November 28, 2022, 3:12pm 599. net App from writing. net launcher (or window). I’m also trying to come back and try out dragonflight. 2. Cannot update wow at all. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. Blizzard ForumsAre you stuck on initializing when trying to update or launch World of Warcraft? You are not alone. My current speed test shows 300mbit+ and another game downloaded just a bit earlier at 40mb/s. If it's actually using network then just leave it and it should finish eventually. 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. Have tried different folders. For example, when I try to install COD: MW I get stuck at the screen “Call of Duty: MW Installation” popup with the loading indicator in the bottom right spinning. Here, you can select "Flush DNS" and "Flush Network Cache. You can not have. well thats weird, launching the wow. 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). Scan and repair doesn’t work either. 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. g. net folder. Now, I tried something different. I left it to install when it stopped at 2145571/2145571 after 15hrs then game finally. 394: 6049: November 14, 2023 Unplayable game. 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. net update agent in task manager before it would work to reopen and start the patch successfully. Having the same issue. 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. Im at a loss on what to do. The connection issue is one of the most common reasons that cause Battle. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15, 2022, 7:00pm #2. Restart your PC. I tried everything I could think of then gave up. Turned off my anti-virus and firewall, cleared battle. Stuck on initializing, can’t play. Uninstalling and reinstalling battlenet. I uninstalled, cleaned any leftover from Bnet, reinstalled and the issue remains. net launcher but it wouldn’t reinstall. How to fix the WoW update stuck initializing? Open the Game Install/Update section from the left pane. Wow! Now i cant even install Battle. Was working fine everyday im on just today it wont complete update. Had a corrupt UI and went through procedure to reset WoW which didn’t correct problem. Initializing Checking Residency. net cache files following the steps Here. What usually fixes it for me is the following: Open the Battle. I’ve tried all fixes listed here plus a few others the CoD community came up with when facing the same problem. net launcher and still says initializing. 2 Common Issues Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. Then went into the retail folder and deleted everything while it was still in this state. Restarted my PC and was able to start up wow just fine. Hey guys, due to frustration i have searched the forums for the “stuck to initializing” issue and seen, it’s communicated quite often. Jesus Christ. Support Technical Support. 4MB/s. 5. Sort. The_Fluffy_Baron. Following someone elses advice, I tried uninstalling the battle. . Tried restarting deleting cache folder restarting comp. net; Click on locate. . run as admin. net installation directory, and the default path should look like this: C:ProgramDataBlizzard EntertainmentBattle. I just don't know what to do at this point so I'm posting here, with hopes someone who encountered similar problem could help. If your World of Warcraft (WoW) update is stuck on "initializing," it can be caused by various factors. Rename World of Warcarft folder to something else; Start battle. 0: 34: November 4, 2023 Download speed dropping near completion. 2 Common Issues Install Button Stuck on Spinning. net launcher. Stuck on initializing, can’t play. net, uninstalled Battle. Open Battle. ARTICLE: of Warcraft ⚡ Guardians of the Dream - Common Issues CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. net, updating windows 10 optional and intel, deleting the Warcraft files multiple times. g. 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. Followed alot of tips from forum posts with similar problem. Here are the instructions: this page. I’ve also tried pausing and resuming with no avail and double checked there’s enough space on. Not working here “Initializing” Tried all the tricks here. Just Wow refuses to install at all. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on. To resolve this: Click the Cogwheel icon next to the Play or Update button and choose Show in Explorer. #353. Been stuck on waiting for this thing to “update” for a half hour now. fixing the certificate trust issue (e. 2. download the wow installer here close/exit battle. I was able to resolve this issue using a VPN, setting my location to Hong Kong. Go to the Battle. We recently upgraded to Window’s 11 and had issues with WOW, so we uninstalled it figuring it was corrupt. It is stuck at the beginning. Tick the checkbox for Hidden items, and click on the. net Desktop Application gets stuck on Downloading New Files. Many players have reported this issue on the official forums and some of them have found solutions. i cant install because im still i initializing… ive also attempted to install in a new folder. Vanasmut-tichondrius. you could: - deactivate your mods, vanilla rimworld loads really fast. 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. Any help on this from the tech savvy would be appreciated. Stuck on Initializing, restarted battlenet, did nothing, several times. It is now stuck on "Applying Updates 0%". Uninstall doesn’t work. When you uninstall WoW if there are any left over files or corrupt data files those may not be removed. Nazwyn-terenas (Nazwyn) November 16, 2022, 7:28pm 94. 57 Likes. )I need help. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. net as an administrator and in compatibility mode. Rebooting the PC helped. Once the download actually starts in safe mode you can return to normal windows and it will get past the initializing loop. Plus now I logged out to update addons and hey it’s stuck on initializing and won’t update. if it still gets stuck at the social club loop. 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. Cook food. So i have played wow on this laptop since it was birthed 2 years ago (Alienware m17). Nothing works. WoW Installation stuck on "initializing" tried new installation, clearing cache, creating new admin profile.