I am a beginner into Docker stuff, I am on windows 11 and whenever I try to open docker desktop it doesn't open.
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
can anyone help
I have turned on hyper-v, wsl etc but nothing seems to work
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\DockerandC:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Docker Desktop.
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!
