Failed to start Docker Desktop for Windows

Docker Desktop
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Download Docker Desktop Version: 4.1.1

docker version output:

error during connect: This error may indicate that the docker daemon is not running.: Get "http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.24/version": open //./pipe/docker_engine: The system cannot find the file specified.

Client:

 Cloud integration: 1.0.17

 Version:           20.10.8

 API version:       1.41

 Go version:        go1.16.6

 Git commit:        3967b7d

 Built:             Fri Jul 30 19:58:50 2021

 OS/Arch:           windows/amd64

 Context:           default

 Experimental:      true

When I start docker desktop, I get this error message:

System.InvalidOperationException:

distro stopped unexpectedly

   at Docker.Engines.LinuxkitDaemonStartup.<WaitAsync>d__5.MoveNext() in C:\workspaces\PR-16599\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.Engines\LinuxkitDaemonStartup.cs:line 60

--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---

   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()

   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)

   at Docker.Engines.WSL2.LinuxWSL2Engine.<DoStartAsync>d__29.MoveNext() in C:\workspaces\PR-16599\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.Engines\WSL2\LinuxWSL2Engine.cs:line 194

--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---

   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()

   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)

   at Docker.ApiServices.StateMachines.TaskExtensions.<WrapAsyncInCancellationException>d__0.MoveNext() in C:\workspaces\PR-16599\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.ApiServices\StateMachines\TaskExtensions.cs:line 29

--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---

   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()

   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)

   at Docker.ApiServices.StateMachines.StartTransition.<DoRunAsync>d__5.MoveNext() in C:\workspaces\PR-16599\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.ApiServices\StateMachines\StartTransition.cs:line 67

--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---

   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()

   at Docker.ApiServices.StateMachines.StartTransition.<DoRunAsync>d__5.MoveNext() in C:\workspaces\PR-16599\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.ApiServices\StateMachines\StartTransition.cs:line 92

But my default WSL works correctly.

  NAME                   STATE           VERSION

* Ubuntu-18.04           Running         2

  docker-desktop-data    Running         2

  docker-desktop         Running         2
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Have you tried updating Docker Desktop to a later version? Or is that even an option for you?

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Works fine in the latest version of docker desktop.

I found that the reason why this doesn’t work is that my WSL2 version is relatively new. I have downgraded WSL2 and it works fine now.

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What version of WSL did you downgrade to? I’ve been unable to get Docker v4.19 to work at all and v4.18 starts correctly when first installed, but not after a reboot.
I have WSL 1.1.3.0, Kernel version 5.15.90.1.

I have a post with the details of this particular issue:

Cannot run Docker Desktop 4.19.0 after install on Win10

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My WSL version is the same as yours but now I use Docker Engine(release timeline is similar to Docker Desktop 4.1.1) in WSL Ubuntu 18.04 directly instead of Docker Desktop.