Docker won't start: checking if isocache exists: CreateFile \\\\wsl$\\docker-desktop-data\\isocache\\: The network name cannot be found.\n\n"}

Docker Desktop for Windows
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Docker won’t start. I’m getting this error.

Docker won’t start: checking if isocache exists: CreateFile \\wsl$\docker-desktop-data\isocache\: The network name cannot be found.\n\n"}

It also won’t let me generate diagnostics using the user interface.

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I’m using Windows 10 22H2 Build 19045.2546 at 64 bit and Docker 4.16.3

You can see some logs here for the displayed text errors and the diagnostics.

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I am experiencing the same issue since Wednesday. Docker won’t start, references a WSL DISTRO error, but I can’t think of any change to WSL2/Hyper-V that could have triggered it.

I get 2 errors in window

    • provisioning docker WSL distros: deploying “docker-desktop”: importing WSL distro “The parameter is incorrect. \r\nError code: Wsl/Service/CreateVm/ConfigureNetworking/E_INVALIDARG\r\n” …
    • checking if isocache exists: CreateFile \wsl$\docker-desktop-data\isocache: The network name cannot be found.

I am using Docker Desktop 4.17.0, Windows 10 21H2

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I had the same problem:

I run:
wsl --unregister docker-desktop-data

And it worked for me.

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Note: be aware that this command deletes the wsl distribution that stores the state of the docker engine. All data (=containers, images, volumes, networks,…) will be permanently lost and need to be recreated.

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This worked for me perfectly! (and fortunately I could afford to lose everything contained within)