Docker Desktop for Windows - Cannot connect to the docker socket. Cannot proceed

Docker Desktop for Windows
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I tried to install docker with Nextcloud AIO for home use. I get this error message:
“Cannot connect to the docker socket. Cannot proceed.”

Here were my steps:

  1. Installed Docker Desktop for Windows, selected WSL2.
  2. Updated the WSL2 kernel.
  3. Installed Nextcloud AIO using these commands in command prompt (as administrator).
    docker run ^
    –sig-proxy=false ^
    –name nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer ^
    –restart always ^
    –publish 80:80 ^
    –publish 8080:8080 ^
    –publish 8443:8443 ^
    –volume nextcloud_aio_mastercontainer:/mnt/docker-aio-config ^
    –volume //var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro ^
    -e NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR=“/run/desktop/mnt/host/c/ncdata” ^
    nextcloud/all-in-one:latest

I got error message that cannot connect to the docker socket. Cannot proceed.

in Docker Desktop i also get the same error.

2023-05-16 23_30_39-nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer - Container - Docker Desktop
2023-05-16 23_30_39-nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer - Container - Docker Desktop1910×1087 147 KB

Any thoughts how to solve this?

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if you fixed please help me to fix it

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We are experimenting the same issue as of 2024.02.16

Running this on cmd.exe as admin:
docker run ^
–init ^
–sig-proxy=false ^
–name nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer ^
–restart always ^
–publish 80:80 ^
–publish 8080:8080 ^
–publish 8443:8443 ^
–volume nextcloud_aio_mastercontainer:/mnt/docker-aio-config ^
–volume //var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro ^
nextcloud/all-in-one:latest

Results in “Docker socket is not available. Cannot continue.”

We have tried on Windows 10 Pro - one fresh install with updates and on Windows Server 2022