Docker-credential-desktop.exe invoked after uninstall

Docker Desktop
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I have uninstalled Docker Desktop, and am running Docker in WSL on Windows 11 with Ubuntu 22.4 LTS. When running “docker compose” creating [Postgres] container, the docker-credential-desktop.exe is being invoked and throwing an error.

failed to resolve source metadata for docker.io/library/postgres:11-bullseye: error getting getting credentials - err: exec: "docker-credential-desktop.exe": executable file not found in $PATH, out: ``" host=registry-1.docker.io

A member of my team has the process working successfully, but he started without Docker Desktop installed.

Windows Uninstall apparently left some hooks into Desktop that weren’t uninstalled. How can I remove all remnants of Desktop and the call to docker-credential-desktop.exe? or how to at least not look for credentials from the uninstalled Desktop?

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Check the documentation for removing all files related to Docker Desktop

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Thanks for that link. I have followed those steps, but Ubuntu is still attempting to resolve source metadata for docker.io/library/postgres:11-bullseye using docker-credential-desktop.exe when I run “docker compose up --build”.

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I guess it is something that remained inside the WSL2 distro after enabling WSL2 intergation in Docker Desktop. Try removing $HOME/.docker inside the WSL2 distribution.

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thanks, this worked for me. annoying problem.