Docker for Windows suddenly refuses to start for me, it says: An unexpected error occurred A timeout occured while waiting for a WSL integration agent to become ready. This can occur when starting after an abrupt termination. To work around the issue, please terminate WSL (wsl --shutdown) and st…

I’m getting the same error message in Windows 11. Things I have attempted so far: *Stop the Docker service and restart by launching Docker Desktop *Turn off Control Flow Guard *Uninstall Docker Desktop 4.17.0 *Reinstall with version 4.17.1 *Shutdown WSL After doing all that, I’m able to start…

Had the same problem and after pulling my hair for days i found a solution. Navigate to Appdata/Roaming/Docker folder in your user account Open the settings file(JSON file) and make sure the following are set this way :point_down: "integratedWslDistros" : [ ] "enableIntegrationWithDefaultWslDistr…

[image] fahmiaziz: how do i find this file If “this” refers to [image] hordunlarmy: Appdata/Roaming/Docker Then you can use %APPDATA%\Docker in the explorer to navigate to that folder.

It also worked for me. I was struggling with it for couple days. Thank you for the tip!

Totally works. Thanks very much for the information

This solution worked for me too. Thank you for sharing!

Yes it worked for me. Thank you

It worked for me too. Thank you !

Win10 - A timeout occured while waiting for a WSL integration

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fahmiaziz (Fahmiaziz) May 14, 2023, 8:46am 4

how do i find this file my docker wont run in windows 11 latest updates

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Win10 - A timeout occured while waiting for a WSL integration

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