A WSL distro Docker Desktop relies on has exited unexpectedly.This usually happens as a result of an entity terminating WSL (e.g. running wsl --shutdown).

both ubuntu and 2 docker-desktop serves were shutdown,I tried unregister all of them but that didn’t help

Hello. Run wsl and try docker desktop again. Please share the result screen after proceeding sequentially And please check the wsl version. best regards limsangwoons

[image] a0necrn: ubuntu and 2 docker-desktop serves were shutdown A distribution can not shutdown, it can only be in not running state because it was not started or terminated. To stop a distribution, it must be terminated. A shutdown will stop the WSL2 system vm, which as a result will stop…

You can try use “netsh winsock reset” command in powershell by administrator mode. then reboot your compoter.

Hello. I think the version of WSL running docker desktop is 1 so I have a problem running docker desktop. The WSL2 change commands are as follows. wsl --set-version Ubuntu-20.04 2 best regards. limsangwoons.

[image] limsangwoons: so I have a problem running docker deskto I’m confused. Do you have a problem too? I thought you tried to help. If you wanted to react to the previous screenshot, Docker Desktop ran in a WSL2 distribution. Ubuntu 20.04 could run a Docker client and according the the doc…

For me, Disabling ‘Use legacy console’ fixed docker desktop not starting. (From console, top left icon, properties) [image]

Hello! Did you sovle this problem? I met the same problem when I use docker to run fmriprep. If you are still experiencing issues, please let me know how to sovle it!

I encountered the same error. I tried reinstalling Docker Desktop and reopening Windows options such as Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Platform, but none of them resolved the issue.

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lintao1816 (Lintao1816) March 3, 2024, 12:14pm 15

This is useful. I found a more detail solution on ZhiHu, please check the following link.

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