Creating "rootNode" subnodes: constructing "BackendServices" in "rootNode": doing migrations: reading actual settings: invalid character '/' looking for beginning of value

Docker Desktop
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MacOS Catalina
Docker Desktop 4.15.0

I cannot launch Docker Desktop. It show message
Something went wrong
Creating “rootNode” subnodes: constructing “BackendServices” in “rootNode”: doing migrations: reading actual settings: invalid character ‘/’ looking for beginning of value

Снимок экрана 2023-02-09 в 20.21.50
Снимок экрана 2023-02-09 в 20.21.50529×152 12.9 KB

How fix?

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Same error, but I’m on Ventura. It started yesterday when I gave docker more storage, which was only ~25% of my available disk space. It spun forever trying to make changes, and I’ve been down the path of uninstalling, restarting, delete docker’s files, updating to Ventura, trying old versions of Docker.

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This error message suggests that there is a problem with the configuration files for Docker Desktop.

Here are some steps you can try to resolve the issue:

  1. Restart your computer: Sometimes, simply restarting your computer can resolve the issue.
  2. Delete the configuration files: Delete the Docker Desktop configuration files and restart the application. On Windows, these files are stored in C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Docker. On macOS, they are stored in ~/Library/Application Support/Docker.
  3. Reinstall Docker Desktop: Uninstall Docker Desktop and then reinstall the latest version.
  4. Check for corruption in the configuration files: Check for corruption in the Docker Desktop configuration files. This can be done by manually reviewing the files or using a tool like jq to validate the JSON formatting of the files.
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Thanks!
It works for me)

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For Windows User :
By deleting features.json file from C:\Users\Username\.docker\features.json
Docker Desktop started for me.

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For me worked by removing the settings.json in …\AppData\Roaming\Docker …

Restarted the Docker Desktop and everything worked fine