WoW Stuck at Initializing

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Good Afternoon,

Over the past week or so I’ve tried to install WoW and all that happens is that it gets stuck on “Initializing”.

I’ve tried all of the proposed fixes I’ve found, reinstalling Battle.net launcher, changing region, swapping to / from the beta launcher, deleting all temporary files / cache’d information for battle.net and wow, etc.

https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/wow-download-stuck-on-initializing/402185/187 - here was some of the information provided.

However, all of this is to no avail. Im still stuck on initializing and can’t progress. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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I just had the same issue, with it either stuck on initializing or stuck on saying it was updating.
I closed the Bnet app, restarted computer, re-openned the Bnet app, and then was able to install Dragonflight.

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Also try using the Beta version of the Battle.net client. Worked for me.

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I’ve tried that.

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i would try this list https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/44164

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I am having the same issue. I have uninstalled, WoW, Battle.net, Add-on Managers, Disabled Antivirus, restarted computer several times and still it gets stuck at initializing and will not run. I even reset my router, and issue persists.

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Update, mine just started downloading. Fingers crossed it works.

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Tried all of those. I didnt have wow installed as im returning.

I deleted all of the temporary files and folders, did a complete reinstall of the launcher, tried the beta and regular launchers, etc.

Honestly just looking for a blue post cause this is kinda absurd.

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Disabled security software, made a new windows administrator account and tried to play the game on that?

If you got through everything including the advanced troubleshooting and it didn’t help you’d probably want to make a ticket. The forums don’t have a guaranteed blue response, and your issue is probably a bit more involved to figure out. You could post a dxdiag here, it may turn up something, but this is often security software related or a Windows permissions issue.

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I literally can’t even install the game. Ticket is in as well. Just hitting all avenues for higher visibility.

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Instead of installing from the Bnet app, have you tried going to GAMES -list on top of page, toggle down and click on the download for WoW - which pops up from the download option?

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I tried that. No dice. No idea what to do now.

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