exec: "docker-credential-desktop.exe": executable file not found in $PATH

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I got this error during docker build:

 => ERROR [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/ubuntu:18.04                                                                                                                                                                   2.1s
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 > [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/ubuntu:18.04:
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failed to solve with frontend dockerfile.v0: failed to create LLB definition: rpc error: code = Unknown desc = error getting credentials - err: exec: "docker-credential-desktop.exe": executable file not found in $PATH, out: ``
Makefile:26: recipe for target 'build-local' failed
make: *** [build-local] Error 1

Deepak Bhavsar · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-24T17:31:57.947

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This discussion solved my error:
https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-credential-desktop-exe-executable-file-not-found-in-path-using-wsl2/100225

Delete the line with credsStore from ~/.docker/config.json.

Or rename credsStore to credStore

edited Jul 24 '23 at 17:31

answered Jan 26 '21 at 06:16

Deepak Bhavsar

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No clear answer on why does this work and what could be a better way to solve this. This one seems like a hack. – bir singh Jan 18 '22 at 18:32
feels more like a fix – Mikser Feb 16 '22 at 10:16
weird, but this worked for me – Ami Hollander Feb 18 '22 at 07:07
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This is no different than just deleting the line outright. docker is looking for `credsStore` not `credStore`, since it can't find it, it uses it's default -- there is no magic here. – Javier Buzzi Feb 28 '22 at 11:10
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Confirmed fixes the issue. – Rikki Mar 26 '22 at 07:50
@birsingh Changing credsStore to credStore simply disables that functionality, docker will then run without credentials. – Vignesh S May 08 '22 at 13:39
lol, worked for me. – Michael Ramos May 10 '22 at 11:09
Renaming the mentioned attribute works. – nashter Jul 15 '22 at 07:06
I had to shift from Docker Desktop to Rancher Desktop. With rancher Desktop I used dockerd & started facing this issue. But this change resolved it well. – Saurabhcdt Aug 26 '22 at 10:33
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@JavierBuzzi is correct - the documentation is here https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/login/#credentials-store – BitByteDog Oct 29 '22 at 06:44
Worked for me... but isn't the whole point of Docker not having to rely on env-dependent configs in additional to the standard commands. – Eric Chen Apr 26 '23 at 23:12
I got this error on macOS after uninstalling Docker Desktop (formerly Docker for Mac) and switching to just "normal" Docker (`brew install docker`). It looks like the config was left pointing to Docker Desktop for credentials storage. This answer solved it for me as well. – Taylor D. Edmiston Jun 15 '23 at 16:31

score 47 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 12 '22 at 13:12

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Just goto config sudo vi ~/.docker/config.json
rename credsStore to credStore and save. This actually fixed mine (arch).

answered Nov 12 '22 at 13:12

Aswin Kumar

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score 10 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 27 '23 at 05:29

For me this happened when my org had to switch from docker desktop to colima, so here's detail from owner of colima: https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/issues/52#issuecomment-956037291

───────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       │ File: ~/.docker/config.json
───────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   1   │ {
   2   │     "credsStore": "desktop"
   3   │ }
───────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

You can delete that line and it should work fine.

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 22 '23 at 06:44

Short answer: Delete the line with credStore from ~/.docker/config.json.

Long explanation:

The property credsStore specifies an external binary to serve as the default credential store. When this property is set, docker login will attempt to store credentials in the binary specified by docker-credential-<value> which is visible on $PATH. If this property is not set, credentials will be stored in the auths property of the config.

Read more about it https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/cli/#credential-store-options.

Credits to @Javier Buzzi, vote up his comment as well.

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered May 05 '23 at 19:43

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today installed and removed docker desktop which is destroyed docker engine, right answer already given:

Delete the line with credsStore from ~/.docker/config.json

answered May 05 '23 at 19:43

Armen Arzumanyan

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score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 13 '23 at 12:19

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for arch linux edit the ~.docker/config.json file and paste this code

{
    "auths": {},
    "credStore": "desktop",
    "currentContext": "default"
}

basically change credsStore to credStore

answered Jun 13 '23 at 12:19

Oloja M

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 28 '23 at 05:35

In my case, this file docker-credential-desktop was not found because I was running only docker-engine.

To get this file, I had to install the docker-desktop user interface app, and from the docker-desktop, I logged in to my docker hub account. That's how it worked for me.

exec: "docker-credential-desktop.exe": executable file not found in $PATH

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