Docker installation on Windows 10 Home

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I am unable to install Docker for Desktop in Windows 10 Home edition. I tried some work around. But nothing worked out. Has anyone installed in Win 10 home? Please advise the procedure. Thanks in advance.

  1. Executed this InstallHyperV.bat

pushd “%~dp0” dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages*Hyper-V*.mum >hyper-v.txt for /f %%i in (‘findstr /i . hyper-v.txt 2^>nul’) do dism /online /norestart /add-package:”%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\%%i” del hyper-v.txt Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Hyper-V -All /LimitAccess /ALL pause

  1. Executed this InstallContainers.bat

pushd "%~dp0" dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages*containers*.mum >containers.txt for /f %%i in ('findstr /i . containers.txt 2^>nul') do dism /online /norestart /add-package:"%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\%%i" del containers.txt Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:Containers -All /LimitAccess /ALL pause

  1. Restarted the pc.

  2. In the Registry Editor, edited  \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion Right-click on EditionID and Click Modify Changed Value Data to Professional.

  3. Tried to install docker for desktop exe file.

After sometime, it throws an error as hyper-v is not found on this pc.

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3 Answers

Windows 10 home doesn't support Hyper-V.

From the the hyper-v requirements, you need either Windows 10 Enterprise, Pro, or Education.

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  1. you just can’t use the Hyper-V version of docker but you can use the VirtualBox version.
  2. And you can upgrade your windows edition to professional or enterprise or education.
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If you don't want to go the Hyper-V way you can use Docker with WSL2(Windows Subsystem for Linux) for Windows 10 Home.

  1. Go to Settings -> Update&Security -> Windows Insider Program and enroll for the 'Slow' track of windows insider.

  2. Enable WSL from instructions given here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

  3. Upgrade to WSL2 from here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-kernel

  4. Download this version of Docker which supports WSL2 during installation itself : https://download.docker.com/win/stable/Docker%20Desktop%20Installer.exe

  5. Check the boxes to use WSL2 instead of Hyper-V.

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