I am trying to install docker on win10 and it defaults to C:\Program Files\Docker. Is there anyway I can change the destination directory to be c:\users\xxx\Docker? I tried various options such as installing through CLI and using the msiexec INSTALL_DIR / TARGETDIR options and none of them seem to w…

It works but this is a band aid solution. We are in 2021, the installer should deal with this. Please support Feature request: Let the user chose the installation folder · Issue #11876 · docker/for-win · GitHub

Here is the official feature request. Vote for it https://github.com/docker/roadmap/issues/94

Here is a clear way on how to install in the default location and Move it to the target location. HowTo: Change Docker containers storage location with WSL2 on Windows 10 Once I started playing with Docker on Windows it quickly turned out that latest version heavily rely on WSL 2, in co…

i can no longer use this way After creating a junction, the installer told this [Untitled2]

Try this: start /w “” “Docker Desktop Installer.exe” install --installation-dir=G:\Docker

It gives the “c:\programdata\dockerdesktop” cannot be a sylink error, but good method anyway.

It is incompetent and inconsiderate in any installer to not allow users to select a destination directory. Many machines come pre-partitioned with the C: drive having barely enough space for Windows. I constantly need to go through my own C: drive to find things I can move or remove, and the movin…

These two parameters control where the Docker Desktop application itself, and the path the wsl2 distributions (that run the docker engine backend) are stored: --installation-dir=<path> Changes the default installation location (C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker) --wsl-default-data-root=<path> Changes …

Worked for me. For my installation, I set it up as follows: Main installation D:\Docker WSL: D:\Docker\WSL Windows Containers: D:\Docker\WindowsContainers Using powershell with Admin privileges, I used the following command: Start-Process -Wait -FilePath ".\Docker Desktop Installer.exe" -Argum…

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mdnaimripto (MD Naimur Rahman) March 14, 2023, 8:20am 20

Thank you very much. You just save me. It’s worked for me

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