Docker Desktop blocks WSL instances from starting

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There was a fix in 4.42.1 which might be related to your issue

https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#4421

For Windows

  • Disabled the Resource Saver mode in WSL 2 to prevent docker CLI commands hanging in WSL 2 distros. docker/for-win#14656

Although you wrote WSL distros could not start, but Docker Desktop has its own distribution too so it could be related.