Unable to re-install. Installer claims "Your version 2.0.0.3 is up to date"

Docker Desktop
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Made an account to send my appreciation–this was an infuriating issue

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thanks man! I think that this issue is caused when you uninstall from CLI instead of the Windows uninstall page. saved my day!

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I can not thank you enough! Incredible! Saved me from so much searching and pain!!

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Thank you so much! You saved me

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Hey everyone, I ran into the same issue, and none of the solutions did it for me individually.
But when I did all of them at the same time (running installer/uninstaller adds some registries so finish the checklist reboot then run the installer) and reboot, it finally worked. So below is the checklist I followed:

  1. Stop Docker Processes & Services
  • Open Task Manager and end any processes like:
    • Docker Desktop.exe
    • com.docker.backend.exe
  • Open Services (run services.msc) and stop:
    • Docker Desktop Service
    • Docker Engine
  • If services won’t stop, open Command Prompt as admin and run:

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sc delete com.docker.service
sc delete docker
  1. Delete Docker Registry Entries Open Registry Editor (regedit) and manually delete these keys:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Docker Desktop
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Docker Inc.
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Docker Inc.
  • Optional: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\docker.exe
  1. Delete Leftover Files and Folders

Delete the following folders if they exist:

  • C:\Program Files\Docker\
  • C:\ProgramData\Docker\
  • C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop\
  • %LOCALAPPDATA%\Docker\
  • %APPDATA%\Docker\
  • %APPDATA%\Docker Desktop\
  • %USERPROFILE%\.docker\
  1. Unregister Docker’s WSL distros (if using WSL2)

Open PowerShell as admin and run:

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wsl --unregister docker-desktop
wsl --unregister docker-desktop-data
  1. Reboot Your Computer