# Re installer docker for widows

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/re-installer-docker-for-widows/98936>\
**Category:** Docker Desktop\
**Created:** [September 23, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/re-installer-docker-for-widows/98936 "2020-09-23T11:36:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![roachman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@roachman](https://forums.docker.com/u/roachman)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/re-installer-docker-for-widows/98936/1 "2020-09-23T11:36:09Z")

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Hi  
I have previously installed docker for windows, but it has been uninstalled  
I now need to re install it and running the installer reported no errors  
However, when I try to run docker desktop I get this error

System.InvalidOperationException:  
Failed to deploy distro docker-desktop to C:\Users\Graham.Labdon\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\distro: exit code: -1  
stdout: Data supplied is of wrong type.

Please can someone explain what this means?  
Thanks