WoW unable to install due to “waiting on another update” and “initializing” problems

[Arägörn-stormrage]

So I uninstalled WoW a while back, and a few months later as of this week I wanted to reinstall it, but it seems to be giving me problems now with the game installation.

Every time I try to install the game, it keeps giving me a message saying it’s waiting on other updates but there’s literally nothing else updating on my client or PC. It also keeps switching to Initializing after doing that a few times then loading 0% on patch files then tells me there’s an update but then it keeps going back and forth all on its own and doesn’t progress me past that point since it is an endless cycle. It’s as if something is happening where it gets stuck right before continuing and keeps reverting.

I tried literally everything I could think of that the internet already tried to use to fix the problem, including:

• Restarting the launcher and closing battle.net tasks
• Reinstalled the launcher client
• Deleted any associated add-on managers for WoW
• Restarting the PC several times
• Set launch as administrator option enabled
• Deleted the %ProgramData% blizzard folder and restarted the client
• Tried to add antivirus exclusions
• Checked if other programs or my internet were a culprit (not true since I’m on a hardwired connection and Steam and other programs work fine).

I’m not sure what else to do at this point. Kinda frustrating overall so if anyone can help me it would be appreciated

[Korkx-eonar]

Have to tried the BETA of Battle.net?
That might fix things.
After you get the game fixed.
Just go back to normal Battle.net if you wish to.

Good luck.

[Hornwinkle-caelestrasz]

To add to this , there should be a little green arrow thingabobby by the battle.net icon at the top of the login page and i think clicking on the battle.net icon swirl will give you the option to upgrade to beta. When you do try an options/scan and repair and see if you progress beyond initializing

[Arägörn-stormrage]

Oh I didn’t know that I can get it tested with the beta feature then. I will update you guys

EDIT:

So I went to Beta settings and I noticed I’m already on the new version so that is something.

I see it keeps “0% completed” and then progresses then goes up to like halfway then says “no new beta features enabled” then keeps restarting at 0% again. Sometimes when refreshing the launcher it shows me an option to “go back to standard client” but when I try clicking it nothing happens so I’m confused.

[Korkx-eonar]

This is a old thread, but I believe it still relevant.

Battlenet Launcher not saving login details

Hi there Daiyu , Sorry for the lack of reply here and hope I can help get the app to remember things. The first thing I would do here is purge the app and all the extra files it has. Maybe it will remember things if we do this. Perform Steps 1-5 here after that do not reinstall yet but follow these additional steps: Open file explorer/file manager Type the following into the address bar (not the search bar): %APPDATA% Delete the Bnet and blizzard folders inside the appdata f…

It deals with the saving of settings, but the instructions should work for what is causing your issue.
Oh … To be clear about the beta. That is only for Battle.net beta … Not the game beta.