I am running Docker Desktop for Windows 2.3.0.3(45519) with ‘Use the WSL 2 engine’ and ‘Enable integration with my default WSL distro’ boxes checked.I run Windows 10 Pro version 2004 with a smaller SSD C drive for boot, and the integrated Ubuntu 20.04 instance has been exported to a larger D drive…

Short answer: C:\%LocalAppData%\Docker\wsl\data\ext4.vhdx for where docker stores the images cache on windows running wsl2. A related problem I have is related in that the vhdx file has grown to over 250GB and thus due to the WSL2 default is full. I can’t use wsl -d docker-data to shell into the in…

Docker image path under WSL2

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asifsehzaad (Asifsehzaad) June 18, 2020, 3:55am 2

I am all ears to this… if someone can explain or give more clarity into this.

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Docker image path under WSL2

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