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I am a beginner into Docker stuff, I am on windows 11 and whenever I try to open docker desktop it doesn't open. enter image description here Always this error message shows up, also whenever I try to run docker ps or docker images or anything related to docker it always shows this error enter image description here can anyone help

I have turned on hyper-v, wsl etc but nothing seems to work

killerdroid99
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I had the same issue, tried to get assistance from docker support and did lota google but nothing worked. I had a gut feeling that the issue was not within the Docker Desktop as i have tried all the options including deleting docker appdata etc. sov, i started investigating WSL and noticed the distros docker-desktop-data, docker-desktop was in stopped & uninstalling state. These states never changed and appears even after uninstalling Docker desktop and windows reboot.

PowerShell (admin)

wsl -l -v

I removed those distros after uninstalling docker desktop completely (including deleting docker folders from appdata manually)

PowerShell (admin)

wsl --unregister "DistributionName"

Replacing "DistributionName" with the name of your targeted distribution will unregister that distribution from WSL so it can be reinstalled or cleaned up. Caution: Once unregistered, all data, settings, and software associated with that distribution will be permanently lost. Reinstalling from the store will install a clean copy of the distribution. For example, wsl --unregister "DistributionName" would remove "DistributionName" from the distributions available in WSL. Running wsl --list will reveal that it is no longer listed.

PowerShell (admin)

wsl --unregister docker-desktop-data

wsl --unregister docker-desktop

Finally, reinstalled Docker desktop and its associated applications. It started working perfectly!

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Sajan
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  • THANK YOU! You saved my dev environment! I thought I was gonna go crazy deleting the APPDATA\Docker folder like literally every other google result says, and only this solution ACTUALLY HELPED ME! – Elad Avron Oct 27 '22 at 13:50
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That is followed by docker/for-win issue 12413, and this question (which suggests a fresh installation of Windows 11 itself!)

Only workaround so far (to avoid reinstalling W11):

I tried reinstalling a couple times and different versions and nothing worked, the UI would just never show up.

The only solution really was to delete C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Docker and C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Docker Desktop.

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I was facing similar issue with Windows 10 and Docker Desktop 4.16.3 (96739) I had disabled WSL2 based engine.

Just executed below command using Power shell( admin):

wsl --unregister docker-desktop-data

wsl --unregister docker-desktop

And my issue got solved like snap of finger.

Thanks

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Navanit Singh
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After trying all the solutions listed here and nothing worked for me, i simply reinstalled wls2 from windows app store. and everything worked fine for me.

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