Hi to everyone reading my post, I’ve searched on Internet but I couln’d find a correct way to install the main program Docker in another path than C:\ProgramData\Docker. I don’t have enough space on this drive, then I would to install in E:\ProgramData\Docker. Is it possible ? Thanks by advance …

You can specify the docker data file path by passing in the --data-root in the command line switches to dockerd.exe. Stop your service: sc stop docker Unregister your dockerd service: dockerd --unregister-service Then re-register your service with the new data-file path: dockerd --register-ser…

thanks a lot, bryoncline :slight_smile:

Hi bryoncline, I have the same issue, but I didn’t quite get what you do mean? I haven’t install Docker yet, and all I have is a file. But when I click on it, it starts to download packages without asking the destination. My prompt doesn’t know docker command before I install it. So, what should I…

To fully migrate docker for windows to an external drive, first install it to your main drive. You’ll just have to make some space. WinDirStat is an application that can help create temporary space. Next move the contents of C:\Program Files\Docker to the target location. Then open an administrator …

Same question here. I simply don’t have enough space on my C:\ drive and the default installer seems to be very, very hungry of disk space. How do I tell the installer to install Docker on another drive ? Thank you.

Thank you @taiiwo . I just changed a little bit based on your solutions, then I finally made it after a few times of trials. 1: Launch Window PowerShell 2: Go to C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources 3: sc.exe stop docker When I changed sc to sc.exe I showed messages which made me re…

Those Commands doesn’t work. “The specified service does not exist as an installed service.”

you can try sc.exe stop com.docker.service

you can try sc.exe stop com.docker.service if sc.exe stop docker does not work.

How could I install Docker for Windows on drive E: (my SSD C: is full)?

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droumanet (Droumanet) June 18, 2018, 9:52am 2

well, seems to be not possible ?

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