Where are images stored?

Docker Desktop
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I think that should be “data-root”: “d:\\docker”

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Thanks. This migrated the existing MobyLinuxVM to new drive/location!

One has to remember to change the path at two more locations for everything to work smoothly:

  1. in Hyper-V manager --> Hyper-V Settings… path for virutal hard disks and virtual machines.
  2. in docker context menu --> settings --> Advanced as well,
    before restarting otherwise it creates one again in C: drive.

With these, docker errored out once, restarted machine and now everything is working well out of D: drive. Existing images, migrated in the first step (suggested by matthuisman) are accessible too!

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I have the same issue. did you solve it.

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I can’t find where is this GUI :confused:

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Please note the important difference between Windows and Linux, when you switch to Windows Containers, you can set the the config (Settings → Docker Engine) to use a different drive

{
  "registry-mirrors": [],
  "insecure-registries": [],
  "debug": false,
  "experimental": false,
  "data-root": "E:\\windowscontainers"
}

When you switch to Linux Containers a different config is used

{
  "registry-mirrors": [],
  "insecure-registries": [],
  "debug": false,
  "experimental": false,
  "features": {
    "buildkit": true
  },
  "builder": {
    "gc": {
      "enabled": true,
      "defaultKeepStorage": "20GB"
    }
  }
}

You cannot set something like “data-root”: “E:\windowscontainers” because that location does not exist inside the virtual disk. When using Linux Containers, you have to move the underlying Hyper-V Virtual Machine disk

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Hi, I found this directory with a ext4.vhdx file :
C:\Users[YOUR USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\data

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There is no Hyper-V directory under C:\Users\Public\Documents!