Start and Stop Docker Deamon by Windows Commandline

Docker Desktop
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Hello everyone, I’m currently trying to get started with Docker, and I’m using Windows 11 as my operating system. I have installed Docker for Windows version v4.24.2. I now want to be able to start and stop my Docker daemon from the command line. In a tutorial, I saw that this is done using the commands “sudo systemctl stop docker” and “sudo systemctl start docker.” Unfortunately, these commands don’t work in the Windows command line. I would appreciate it if someone could assist me with this.

Thanks for your help
manfred

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Those commands are for docker-ce, which is only available for Linux.

This should work in a Powershell terminal:

Get-Process "Docker Desktop" | Stop-Process
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Thank you very much, that works well, but how do I start the deamon from command-line?

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There is no direct command, you have to run the executable,

C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker Desktop.exe