Docker fails to start on Win11 with WSL2

Docker Desktop for Windows
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Windows 11 new installation. Features turned on (Hyper-V, Containers, Virtual Machine Platform, Windows Hypervisor Platform, and Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Virtualization is enabled in BIOS, and everything is reported as on.

Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions|Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions|Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualisation Enabled in Firmware|Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection|Yes

WSL is on version 2

PS C:\Users\feldm> wsl --status
Default Distribution: Ubuntu
Default Version: 2
Windows Subsystem for Linux was last updated on 2022-09-18
WSL automatic updates are on.

Kernel version: 5.10.102.1

Hypervisor is launch type is set to auto

bootmenupolicy          Standard
hypervisorlaunchtype    Auto

trying to start Docker Windows throws this error:

image
image845×300 19.7 KB

CPU spec: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i7-1280P

I’ve tried to enable/disable, install/uninstall/reinstall. Nothing works.
Any ideas on what could cause it?

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After some investigation, it seems the machine is not reporting hypervisor as enabled, and that’s causing Docker to fail. CoreInfo tool by Sysinternals was instrumental in identifying it. I wish Docker error would be more meaningful.