5 M1 MBP. Download stuck on the "Updating Battle. Start up the launcher, and it just says Initializing. Every once in a while it’ll. ’ - > I went outside with my dog for 30 mins. and it stuck on initializing, occasionally moves a bit but barely, the download just d o e s n t start. SeriousAdult • 1 yr. Support Technical Support. 13. 2 Common Issues CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. Initializing is taking forever. it’s not even downloading it just initializing over and over and you have to wait like 15 mins to even play the game. net. NET. Open Battle. Overwatch and Hearthstone are fine. Technical Support. No big deal I think, I'll just log back in, and so I close the game and go to reopen it, and see there's an update. net app and re open it or when I quit WoW (no matter which version) - Retail, TBC and Classic keeps updating. net App. Baradûr-draenor. Having the same problem for the last 20 minutes now…. 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. net and opened it again → Now I am stuck at ‘Waiting for another update. ’ - > I went outside with my dog for 30 mins. net again. Step 2. Follow same steps to turn Safe mode off and boot back normally. Support. I’m also having this issue. Delete the Battle. im not sure why its not connecting for wow when hearthstone, diablo etc work. At least. Here’s how to fix your screen freezing in the loading men in World of Warcraft: The battle. I’ve been trying to reinstall the game on my Mac book air which has had no problems in the past. Video driver crash in World of Warcraft with AMD video cards (7900 XTX) on DirectX 12. Did you try running as admin? minnesotaHunter (Topic Creator) 11 years ago #3. net app installation is doing the same thing: getting stuck on the Updating function. net app keeps initializing and reclaiming disc space for WoW Technical Support this STILL hasnt been fixed over a week since it started! come on blizzard this is terrible customer service!!! Furthermore this problem already happened last week BEFORE the new patch until you fixed it. Now head to the Compatibility tab and check on the Run this program as an administrator option. Anyone else got problem downloading the. net, updating windows 10 optional and intel, deleting the Warcraft files multiple times. 57 Likes. World of Warcraft Forums. Right-click on the Blizzard app’s desktop shortcut and open Properties. How do I fix this?Run Battle. just fine. I have deleted Battle. net update agent uses my full bandwidth while. Have also cleared bnet cache with rm -rf /Users/Shared/Batt. I’ve also tried pausing and resuming with no avail and double checked there’s enough space on SSDs. net, Blizzard, and/or Blizzard Entertainment folders in the Windows temporary file locations below. net users encounter when they want to update their game. Quick update: I managed to get hands on another PC where I did a fresh install of b. msc in the search box and. So all you’re doing is masking the view. Emeldavi-tichondrius. Why is World of Warcraft Update Stuck on Initializing? If your World of Warcraft (WoW) update is stuck on "initializing," it can be caused by various factors. I had the same issue a few days ago and I fixed it by launching the game through wow. I’ll have to wait, I guess. It should work after about a minute or two. Evoker Level 70 Boost Gear Reverting From 424 to 414. i cant install because im still i initializing… ive also attempted to install in a new folder. net Desktop App with these steps: • Uninstall the Blizzard Battle. After recording data for about 5 minutes, click “export text. → When I came home, Waiting for another update is. He had no issue downloading WoW Classic, but when he tries to download Retail WoW it gets stuck on initialising. Save changes and start the app. Check BIOS settings for World of Warcraft. Usually a restart of the client or my pc will fix it. I came home from work one hour earlier than usual just to be stuck in Updating. Now Classic WoW is stuck… again. I deleted the retail folder entirely and copied the classic folder. Disconnected When Leaving Garrison. Try creating a new user account on Windows, and. What a mess. Game cannot update while you’re currently in it. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing" Support. it probably looked something like this. And every time it gets to this number it. It actually doesn’t 'finish the initializing" at all. I have been trying to install retail WoW all evening, and the battle. The exact same thing is happening to me right now. Here are the instructions: Download the tool from this page. World of Warcraft ⚡ Guardians of the Dream - Common Issues CAS System Unable to Initialize ClientHandler. Click the box for Safe Mode and then click the Network option underneath at the bottom. Restarting the PC. A fresh install of Bnet and WoW has done nothing. WoW download stuck on "initializing". I have opened a ticket with blizzard but response time via email is not the best. News. It never goes past initializing. Technical Support. Restart the Battle. I have fast internet and the space on the computer. Are you stuck on initializing when trying to update or launch World of Warcraft? You are not alone. Select the World of WarCraft folder. Run troubleshooting for WoW download update stuck. I did a test run by updating WOTLK classic and that went through fine. Been stuck for over 30min like this now. If your region is currently patching or undergoing maintenance there might be a known issue affecting all players. sill stuck on initializing. Updated beta and PTR - ok. (retail and classic) C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft. Then relaunch and it should work. net desktop app i got a notification that i needed to download an update for WOW classic so i proceded to intalling the update but when i did the update is stuck in ‘‘initializing’’ and doesnt seem to download the. After that i closed the battle net launcher and all instances running in task manager (including updater agent) then relaunched into wow and it started updating. → When I came home, Waiting for another update is. net process in task manager and then right click > launch as administrator on battle. i have uninstalled both wow and battlenet. But it is stuck at "initializing", no matter what I do. Then once they are all uninstalled, go in and manually delete the main World of Warcraft folder where the. Right-click on the “Partition” on which the game has been installed and select “Properties”. Hello everyone i installed WOW classic a month ago and everything was running smooth till about a week ago on the battle. I play on a Mac. Plugging in the flash drive to the deck, moving the files over, and adding the WoWClassic. Step 1. If anybody has this problem, open task manager and end the task "Agent". Battle Net gets stuck on initializing (Fix)Battle Net app does not update game. Been stuck on initializing for over an hour. still stuck at initializing even after closing all bnet processes in task manager. if any particular version of wow hadn't been updated prior to yesterday, you're going to be locked out until they find. Many players have reported this issue on the official forum and shared their. Can install games like Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, etc. Shadowboy-terokkar November 16, 2022, 7:04pm #6. net installation directory, and the default path should look like this: C:\ProgramData\Blizzard Entertainment\Battle. Hopefully it gets a fix. [Main Thread] - High World MS during afternoon - Nova/Wind ISP/Telecom Italia Sparkle Nov 2023. Spam left click on the button so you can click right when it says Update (it disappears in a fraction of a second, you need to spam the left click so you can click it exactly when it says Update) Hope it helps. Whenever I try to install my hearthstone game it says initializing until about 19% and then just stops. World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Blizzard Entertainment. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. Ive tried everything from updating pc, uninstalling battle net, deleting temp folders. Windows. Selecting Properties from the list. Account, App, & Shop; World of Warcraft. The “update” is just stuck at 0 %. I’m stuck as well…. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. Unable to update retail after 25/10 patch. I have uninstalled battlenet and all games, deleted all folders, even the hidden ones. net launcher is acting like everything’s normal, no updates or anything. I’m stuck as well…. Klaud-dragonblight. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. It’s stuck at initializing and nothing I do updates the WoW. the Battle net and World of Warcraft works best if they are installed in the same folder. closed bnet via task manager. repeat until successful. Getting stuck on initializing can also indicate corrupt files, or there’s a problem with the drive the game is installed on. There has been a bug in bnet for as long as I remember where either the remaining data or download speed are reported wrong or the download just seems "stuck". Scan and repair doesn’t work either. Scan and repair doesn’t work either. 2 Likes. Its a shame, I had been looking forward to creating my first. Up to two hours before the download starts. net is running, close it; Close all Battle. This worked for me on release day as well!!! Thanks! I’ve reinstalled the game twice now because the stupid update has been stuck on initializing. Ensure that your internet. Windows applied an update last week and since then haven’t been able to log in or update WoW. Same here. Oramir-alonsus November 16, 2022, 9. It is common for some problems to be reported throughout the day. Disk Cleanup: Open the File Explorer and select “This PC” from the left pane. net desktop app i got a notification that i needed to download an update for WOW classic so i proceded to intalling the update but when i did the update is stuck in ‘‘initializing’’ and doesnt seem to download the update and im getting really frustated. Once the download actually starts in safe mode you can return to normal windows and it will get past the initializing loop. net file > Agent file > latest agent file > latest AgentNGDP file and send that to: [email protected]. Try closing background applications to. Grubbass-burning-legion November 15, 2022, 7:00pm 2. The game will not be updating; click Play. Update 2: Finally got past the indexes… but the download speed of the game is atrocious at 2. Click on locate the game, choose the folder. I would recommend to try the following: Power Cycle the home network to refresh the connection to all devices on the network and to the Internet Service Provider (ISP). 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. I was told the best solution is to completely. Check @BlizzardCS on Twitter, or the technical support forums linked at the bottom of this article, for information on any ongoing issues. but I still am stuck on initializing (2145571/. The weird thing is that even after removing BattleNet and the games folder, the launcher automatically adds Wow Classic to the update queue. net. Update stuck at initializing. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. Lastly, click on the OK button and then click on Apply to save the. net desktop app, and game processes, and click End Process. Step 1: Go to Blizzard Battle. However, it refuses to update the game and remains stuck on. I tried restarting the client, I tried rebooting my computer. I have the same problem, been waiting for over an hour now on initializing. Download Stuck on 0% initializing. Game specific issues need to be reported on that. Don’t know if this has already been posted about…. Hit the Windows key and R. Same has last week when we had to wait over 30 minutes for some people to update the game and login, they had 10kbps. 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 reinstall. 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. Krugraa-argent-dawn (Krugraa) December 16, 2021, 10:03pm #3. If you don’t see all 3 folders in each. With W11, the result is the same. That worked, though halfway through character creation the launcher caught up and launched an additional game client. i went a step further and ended vanguard and gamepass tasks as well. net app Cache, also reinstalled it. Basically it was just stuck on “updating battle. I’ve turned on viewing of hidden files and deleted the Battle. Iamnotanelf-outland November 16,. net Update Stuck on Initializing Download: 5 Ways To Fix It. Try login in to another account, or create a free trial, and see if that fixes it. Same thing is happening to me and the only way to fix it is to end it. Video driver crash in World of Warcraft with AMD video cards (7900 XTX) on DirectX 12. 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 Loading <style> html { overflow-y: revert !important; } #d-splash { display: none; } </style>It popped back up by itself and after a minute or so it started downloading…slowly, mind you. I can’t get past the “initializing” stage to start the. Click settings. Select Game Settings on the left of the window. I need to be in that queue! I tried posting this in the Bug report forum but i dont see a way to create a topic. After that, navigate to the following path: C:ProgramDataBlizzard EntertainmentBattle. Chandrah-magtheridon. And as a lot of players have come back, it is a bit busy, but in general these things will get fixed quite quick. Game Install or Update Stuck on Initializing. exe. Blizzard, hello!? When will you fix this problem??? Bunch of threads about this problem, many people are facing this issue FOR 10+ DAYS NOW!!! And what we get is ONE damn bluepost with no ETA… THIS IS PATHETIC, FIX YOU…Stuck on Initializing since Windows Update. It should work after about a minute or two. Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on. it sat at 0% for about 20-30 mins then had install showing on the button but applying updates under the button. Stuck on Initializing/Waiting on another update - Technical Support. Restart the Battle. I was not in the mood to re-install the whole game. Or at least, that’s what fixed it for me last time it happened to me. Press Command + I. Fixes I’ve tried: Edit: I just tried installing WoW Classic and it works, however, I tried installed WoW PTR and it also gets stuck on initializing. #354. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing". Getting stuck on initializing can also indicate corrupt files, or there’s a problem with the drive the game is installed on. Servers maxed out due to the rest of the world wanting to update WoW, and CoD players updating Warzone. Shower. Just any Wow can't ever seem to install. Already try login out, login back, restarting computer. World of Warcraft Down? How To Check The WoW Server Status. dll & msvproc. “@Maverick_LIVE_ Go ahead and open a ticket then. Not working here “Initializing” Tried all the tricks here. First, pause and resume the update to see if the issue resolves itself. I guess the interim fix for now is to just run the exe and log in manually. Kill those processes (but don’t kill the launcher) and the update should proceed as normal. 57 Likes. I wondered what was being patched, so I clicked on the Patch Notes link and the most recent patch notes it showed me were for Patch 8. Updated Windows 10, . 3. battle. Have also. Wait for the update. the solution that people have found is to go into the actual game folders and open the game client directly, bypassing the battlenet launcher. Check on the top right of the launcher if there is a download button, near the notifications button. net button at the top left of the Battle. Kaotik-2758 February 13, 2020, 2:06pm 1. I’m stuck on the initialising steps. Support Technical Support. Deleting the Battle. net and opened it again → Now I am stuck at ‘Waiting for another update. Have tried different folders. r/starcitizen. 5 M1 MBP. Restart your device and try downloading the update again. I even did a clean install of everything. Was recently kicked out of the game a little over thirty minutes ago (right before the second stage of the time rift), and now I apparently need to apply an update for the second time today. 8 MB in the Initialization phase, and then stops and switches to Updating. Edit 2: Got past the first initialization loop and into a measured megabyte download only to get stuck in yet another initialization loop. net App (skip Step 6 for now, we will re-install later). Try closing background applications to. My Wrath Classic was having major freezing issue out of the blue. Battle. Can't update. Fresh Battle. Close battle. I've looked into old threads and multiple articles going back several years, tried everything from deleting the cache, disabling my firewall, creating a new profile on my pc, but nothing has fixed the issue except uninstalling and re-installing the game. . Btw, this is just retail. Still stuck on initializing. Clearing Battle. net Agent". Wait until the lights turn back on. 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, . Antidotex-area-52 July 29, 2023, 11:07am #1. net launcher but it wouldn’t reinstall. Check for Firewall/Antivirus Blocking. Run a security scan to remove any viruses or malware infections. Open Task Manager using Ctrl+Shift+Esc and close all running instances of Battle. I even did a clean install of everything. ’ - > I went outside with my dog for 30 mins. This is what fixed it for me. World of Warcraft. ago. Confirmed Wow classic WOTLK is working fine. Agnass-anvilmar. I came home from work one hour earlier than usual just to be stuck in Updating. SeriousAdult • 1 yr. I had to pause all updates. same and “w8ing for another patch”. Then on relaunch of bnet it said update, I clicked, it did a scan, and failed at 100%. The nutty thing is now retail wow is also stuck in the same loop and I hadn’t touched it. How to fix the WoW update stuck initializing? World of Warcraft Forums I have followed the instructions mentioned here: WOW Stuck at Initializing but to no avail. October 28, 2023. Im at a loss on what to do. Reset the permissions on your WoW folder: 1. net or World of Warcraft processes in the Task Manager. If you are installing from a DVD or USB thumb drive, insert or connect it, then click the on screen notification. Yeah i have a fix for it (it worked for me anyway), close the game + the launcher completely, go into task manager, find the battle net update agent and close it then reopen the launcher, lmk if it works. net and still. look in the task manager. 2 Common Issues Subject. Boards. net and opened it again → Now I am stuck at ‘Waiting for another update. Deleted. Look for any battle. Many players have reported this issue on the official forum and shared their possible solutions. World of Warcraft Forums WoW download stuck on "initializing". → Now I am sitting at my computer, watching Battle. net App and wait for any updates to. I was surprised there weren’t already threads about his in this support forum. World of Warcraft Dragonflight - 10. We've tried restarting battle net, restarting computer, going into beta battle. 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. After I exited retail wow again it’s just gone straight back to. The update servers are unreachable. net client and redownload the whole game; copied the entire folder on a USB stick and pasted over my WoW Folder worked like a charm with just a quick Scan and Repair action and now I can login without issues. Step 1: Go to Blizzard Battle. Stuck on scanning and repair mode - General Discussion - World of. Lavende-drakthul August 26, 2020, 8:14pm. I tried it like 5 times, scan n repair, now im redownloading etc. Bobrexal • 24 days ago. • 2 mo. exe file in the Warcraft folder will get you in, But when you exit again the launcher goes right back to the initializing loop once more. I'm trying to install on macOS Ventura 13. It started couple hours ago. Did a scan and repair but it was still stuck on initializing. -tried uninstalling from the battle. Was there ever an actual fix for this? I have tried literally all of the tier one stuff Blizz. It doesn’t move. Sometimes Battle. On the other hand, if you’re still stuck at the initializing screen, make sure to move on. Keep getting BLZBNTAG0000138F Scan and Repaired multiple times, same. This happened to me suddenly today. net folder in its entirety. Spam left click on the button so you can click right when it says Update (it disappears in a fraction of a second, you need to spam the left click so you can click it exactly when it says Update) Hope it helps. net client, and then try the above steps again. Things i have tried so far that I have seen recommended on the internet: • Closing Discord during installation. exe in the game directory instead of throught the Battle. You can see the Top Rankings for World of Warcraft in United States, such as “World Of Warcraft Update Stuck On Initializing”. Click on the Disable all and then OK to confirm changes. Having the same problem for the last 20 minutes now…. net App. 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. News. LoL: All LCS Roster Changes & Rumors. 2. Are many others having this problem?WoW gets stuck on initializing when trying to update. Same problem on 2 computers. net app and after I open the installer, it just stays on “Updating Blizzard Agent” for ever…Tried rebooting my Mac, downloading again the bnet app, nothing helps. net' folder and 'Diablo IV' folder. cleared caches. net and opened it again → Now I am stuck at ‘Waiting for another update. The first thing you can do is restart Battle. I have also. Technical Support. switch to dragonflight beta and uninstall. Wollow. Battlenet is the go-to client if you want to play big title games like Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, World of Warcraft, etc. If you want to play popular Blizzard games like World of Warcraft,. net Desktop App, then try to update a game. It will stuck in initializing again, but don't get mad!Update problem - Wrath of the Lich King Classic Discussion - World of Warcraft Forums. LoadingIf Battle. That doesn’t seem to accomplish anything. net application. Ive been trying to install retail wow for a couple weeks now and i havent made much progress, the install is always stuck on initializing and crashes if it stays like that for a couple minutes. Any help on this from the tech savvy would be appreciated. The game will not be updating; click Play.