Docker desktop error when trying to set up

Docker Desktop
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Got this diagnostic code when trying to set up a docker desktop…can anyone help?

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There was a problem with WSL An error occurred while running a WSL command. Please check your WSL configuration and try again. running wslexec: An error occurred while running the command. Wsl/Service/RegisterDistro/CreateVm/0x800705b4: c:\windows\system32\wsl.exe–import-in-place docker-desktop \appdata\local\docker\wsl\main\ext4.vhdx: exit status 0xffffffff (stderr: , stdout: This operation returned because the timeout period expired. Error code: Wsl/Service/RegisterDistro/CreateVm/0x800705b4 , wslErrorCode: Wsl/Service/RegisterDistro/CreateVm/0x800705b4)

thanks in advance

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Unfortunately there is not just a single problem with WSL1/2, and not a single solution that helps everyone. This is why Microsoft’s WSL troubleshooting guide is an extensive document:

Once you get WSL working, Docker Desktop should work too.

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The new Docker Desktop release go some fixes to give better error messages. I’m not sure if this is what the release note referred, but that release came out yesterday, so if you were still trying 4.77, you can try 4.78 too.