I’m running the Docker Desktop for Windows version 3.4.0 on Windows 10 Pro, version 21H1 OS build 19043.1052. I’m having trouble starting Docker. I try to launch it but nothing happens. After several minutes I attempt to launch it again and I get an error message: “Docker failed to initialize. The o…

Hi all, According to Docker failed to initialize I resolved this issue by: C:\Users[USER]\AppData\Local\Docker C:\Users[USER]\AppData\Roaming\Docker C:\Users[USER]\AppData\Roaming\Docker Desktop Once deleted, I didn’t have to do anything else, Docker Desktop started booting up as normal.

Thanks for pointing out the directories ! In the log file in C:\Users[USER]\AppData\Local\Docker I found the culprit in my case: [11:43:09.152][GoBackendProcess ][Error ] msg=“while parsing JSON from C:\Users\[USER]\AppData\Roaming\Docker\settings.json: json: cannot unmarshal bool into Go struct…

Not works for me. After deleting these files C:\Users[USER]\AppData\Local\Docker C:\Users[USER]\AppData\Roaming\Docker C:\Users[USER]\AppData\Roaming\Docker Desktop

I found the best solution for myself - I checked AppData\Local\Docker - there is a log.txt, when I opened the file, the error appears "when parsing JSON AppData\Roaming\Docker\settings.json cannot unmarshal bool in Go struct field Content. proxyHttpMode of type string ", I checked this file and remo…

It worked for me as well! Thank you so much for posting the solution!

Your solution worked for me as well. Much appreciated! I opened the settings.json file in Wordpad, deleted the line with the text: " proxyHttpMode: “false” " and saved the file. After that Docker started normally again.

I don’t remember when I laughed this hard. Following hint from ccorsano, I, The Smart One, replaced false with “system” in this JSON field. Guess which error I got next ? [21:02:51.875][GoBackendProcess ][Info ] msg=“starting backend server” [21:02:51.876][GoBackendProcess ][Info ] msg=“mig…

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bouchram (Bouchram) August 19, 2021, 2:32pm 19

It works for me also, thanks

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