WSL distro terminated abrubtly

DockerNotStarting
I have tried uninstalling docker desktop. As well as going to windows features and disabling WSL, restarting computer, then enabling WSL and re-installing docker desktop. The problem persists. What is not clear in the error message is that it’s complaining about $PATH, but after assuming the entire time that it is an issue with the PATH env variable inside WSL, I’m starting to think it’s actually complaining about the PATH env variable in windows. The dollar sign in front of the “PATH” part of the docker error message indicates since it starts with a $ that it’s a WSL PATH issue, but I’m starting to suspect the error message is misleading and it’s an issue with windows PATH env variable. What is missing in either the WSL PATH or windows Path that would cause this?