Launch error after installing Docker Desktop

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I installed Docker Desktop on Windows and got the error below. I tried reinstalling Docker Desktop four times and still got the same error. Launch error after installing Docker Desktop

Error
An unexpected error occurred
Docker Desktop encountered an unexpected error and needs to close.

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starting services: initializing Docker API Proxy: setting up docker api proxy listener: open \.\pipe\docker_engine: Access is denied.

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Did you install Docker Desktop with or without an admin user?

UPDATE:

You can check this documentation that explains what group your user have to be in in order to use Docker Desktop

For example “docker-users” is mentioned in the permission requirements section.

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My Windows profile (MS account) is an administrator…