When I try to run Docker it gives me this
Unexpected WSL Error
Ive done troubleshooting
Ive reset the docker
The updates are made
Theyre all the latest version
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.4291]
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.19041.3636
Image Version: 10.0.19045.4291
Enabling feature(s)
[==========================100.0%==========================]
The operation completed successfully.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>wsl --version
WSL version: 2.1.5.0
Kernel version: 5.15.146.1-2
WSLg version: 1.0.60
MSRDC version: 1.2.5105
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.19045.4291
C:\WINDOWS\system32>wsl.exe --update
Checking for updates.
The most recent version of Windows Subsystem for Linux is already installed.
WSL2 because Hypervisor -v wasnt found
So i enabled it in BIOS and on Windows and I opened Docker again and I got an error
unexpected WSl error while executing wsl command
But the previous error did not show up but:
C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker>com.docker.diagnose.exe check
Starting diagnostics
[2024-04-21T07:12:34.475864600Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe.ipc][I] ipc.NewClient: d99467e7-diagnose -> .\pipe\dockerBackendApiServer BackendAPI
[2024-04-21T07:12:34.481864500Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe.ipc][I] (9574e3f1) d99467e7-diagnose C->S BackendAPI POST /idle/make-busy
[2024-04-21T07:12:34.483863400Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe.ipc][W] (9574e3f1) d99467e7-diagnose C<-S NoResponse POST /idle/make-busy (1.9989ms): Post "http://ipc/idle/make-busy": open .\pipe\dockerBackendApiServer: The system cannot find the file specified.
[2024-04-21T07:12:35.483824900Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe.ipc][I] (af8f1724) d99467e7-diagnose C->S BackendAPI GET /idle
[2024-04-21T07:12:35.484730600Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe.ipc][W] (af8f1724) d99467e7-diagnose C<-S NoResponse GET /idle (905.7µs): Get "http://ipc/idle": open .\pipe\dockerBackendApiServer: The system cannot find the file specified.
[PASS] DD0027: is there available disk space on the host?
[SKIP] DD0028: is there available VM disk space?
[SKIP] DD0002: does the bootloader have virtualization enabled?
[SKIP] DD0018: does the host support virtualization?
[FAIL] DD0001: is the application running? Docker is not running
[SKIP] DD0022: is the Virtual Machine Platform Windows Feature enabled?
[SKIP] DD0021: is the WSL 2 Windows Feature enabled?
[FAIL] DD0024: is WSL installed? exec: "wsl": executable file not found in %PATH%
[FAIL] DD0025: are WSL distros installed? prereq failed: is WSL installed?
[PASS] DD0026: is the WSL LxssManager service running?
[FAIL] DD0029: is the WSL 2 Linux filesystem corrupt? prereq failed: are WSL distros installed?
[FAIL] DD0035: is the VM time synchronized? prereq failed: is WSL installed?
[FAIL] DD0017: can a VM be started? prereq failed: is WSL installed?
[FAIL] DD0016: is the LinuxKit VM running? prereq failed: is the application running?
[FAIL] DD0011: are the LinuxKit services running? prereq failed: is the LinuxKit VM running?
[FAIL] DD0004: is the Docker engine running? prereq failed: are the LinuxKit services running?
[PASS] DD0015: are the binary symlinks installed?
[FAIL] DD0031: does the Docker API work? prereq failed: is the Docker engine running?
[FAIL] DD0013: is the $PATH ok? unable to find docker executable on PATH
[FAIL] DD0003: is the Docker CLI working? prereq failed: is the Docker engine running?
[FAIL] DD0005: is the user in the docker-users group? prereq failed: is the LinuxKit VM running?
[FAIL] DD0038: is the connection to Docker working? prereq failed: is the Docker engine running?
[FAIL] DD0014: are the backend processes running? prereq failed: is the LinuxKit VM running?
[FAIL] DD0007: is the backend responding? prereq failed: are the backend processes running?
[FAIL] DD0009: is the vpnkit API responding? prereq failed: are the backend processes running?
[FAIL] DD0010: is the Docker API proxy responding? prereq failed: are the backend processes running?
[SKIP] DD0006: is the Docker Desktop Service responding?
[FAIL] DD0030: is the image access management authorized? prereq failed: is the Docker engine running?
[PASS] DD0033: does the host have Internet access?
[PASS] DD0002: does the bootloader have virtualization enabled?
[PASS] DD0018: does the host support virtualization?
[WARN] DD0001: is the application running? Docker is not running
[PASS] DD0022: is the Virtual Machine Platform Windows Feature enabled?
[PASS] DD0021: is the WSL 2 Windows Feature enabled?
[WARN] DD0024: is WSL installed? exec: "wsl": executable file not found in %PATH%
[WARN] DD0025: are WSL distros installed? prereq failed: is WSL installed?
[PASS] DD0026: is the WSL LxssManager service running?
[WARN] DD0029: is the WSL 2 Linux filesystem corrupt? prereq failed: are WSL distros installed?
[WARN] DD0035: is the VM time synchronized? prereq failed: is WSL installed?
[WARN] DD0017: can a VM be started? prereq failed: is WSL installed?
[WARN] DD0016: is the LinuxKit VM running? prereq failed: is the application running?
[WARN] DD0011: are the LinuxKit services running? prereq failed: is the LinuxKit VM running?
[WARN] DD0004: is the Docker engine running? prereq failed: are the LinuxKit services running?
[PASS] DD0015: are the binary symlinks installed?something went wrong error
The factory reset couldnt be completed successfully and cleaning up distro Ubuntu and output and starting shell: exec wsl.exe executable file not found in the path
I then deleted the settings and restarted to default
Docker loaded and stopped
Please note the following 17 warnings:
1 : The check: is the application running?
Produced the following warning: Docker is not running
Is the Docker Desktop application running?
2 : The check: is WSL installed?
Produced the following warning: exec: "wsl": executable file not found in %PATH%
The Docker engine runs inside a WSL environment. Therefore WSL must be installed. Try running wsl --status.
3 : The check: is WSL installed?
Produced the following warning: exec: "wsl": executable file not found in %PATH%
The Docker engine runs inside a WSL environment. Therefore WSL must be installed. Try running wsl --status.
4 : The check: are WSL distros installed?
Produced the following warning: prereq failed: is WSL installed?
The Docker engine uses several WSL distributions. Therefore these must be installed.
5 : The check: is WSL installed?
Produced the following warning: exec: "wsl": executable file not found in %PATH%
The Docker engine runs inside a WSL environment. Therefore WSL must be installed. Try running wsl --status.
6 : The check: are WSL distros installed?
Produced the following warning: prereq failed: is WSL installed?
The Docker engine uses several WSL distributions. Therefore these must be installed.
7 : The check: is the WSL 2 Linux filesystem corrupt?
Produced the following warning: prereq failed: are WSL distros installed?
If the WSL 2 Linux filesystem is corrupt then Docker Desktop cannot start.
There is a known issue fixed in Windows Insider builds which can cause filesystem corruption, see:
https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/5895 .
Try running "wsl --shutdown" to stop your WSL Virtual Machine. When it restarts it will
run a filesystem check and hopefully fix the problem.
8 : The check: is WSL installed?
Produced the following warning: exec: "wsl": executable file not found in %PATH%
The Docker engine runs inside a WSL environment. Therefore WSL must be installed. Try running wsl --status.
9 : The check: is WSL installed?
Produced the following warning: exec: "wsl": executable file not found in %PATH%
The Docker engine runs inside a WSL environment. Therefore WSL must be installed. Try running wsl --status.
10 : The check: are WSL distros installed?
Produced the following warning: prereq failed: is WSL installed?
The Docker engine uses several WSL distributions. Therefore these must be installed.
11 : The check: is the VM time synchronized?
Produced the following warning: prereq failed: is WSL installed?
The VM time must be in sync with the host, otherwise Docker Desktop will not work correctly.
Ensure you are using a modern WSL 2 kernel (see "wsl --update"). If this problem persists,
try manually synchronizing the VM clock with "sudo hwclock -s".
12 : The check: can a VM be started?
Produced the following warning: prereq failed: is WSL installed?
The Docker engine runs inside a Linux VM. Therefore we must be able to start Virtual Machines.
13 : The check: is the LinuxKit VM running?
Produced the following warning: prereq failed: is the application running?
The Docker engine runs inside a Linux VM. Therefore the VM must be running.
14 : The check: are the LinuxKit services running?
Produced the following warning: prereq failed: is the LinuxKit VM running?
The Docker engine runs inside a Linux VM as a service. Therefore the services must have started.
15 : The check: is the Docker engine running?
Produced the following warning: prereq failed: are the LinuxKit services running?
The Docker engine manages all containers and images on the host. Check the dockerd.log to see why it failed to start.
16 : The check: does the Docker API work?
Produced the following warning: prereq failed: is the Docker engine running?
If the Docker API is not available from the host then Docker Desktop will not work correctly.
17 : The check: do Docker networks overlap with host IPs?
Produced the following warning: prereq failed: does the Docker API work?
If the subnet used by a Docker network overlaps with an IP used by the host, then containers
won't be able to contact the overlapping IP addresses.
Try configuring the IP address range used by networks: in your docker-compose.yml.
See https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/compose-file-v2/#ipv4_address-ipv6_address
Please investigate the following 3 issues:
1 : The test: is the application running?
Failed with: Docker is not running
Is the Docker Desktop application running?
2 : The test: is WSL installed?
Failed with: exec: "wsl": executable file not found in %PATH%
The Docker engine runs inside a WSL environment. Therefore WSL must be installed. Try running wsl --status.
3 : The test: is the $PATH ok?
Failed with: unable to find docker executable on PATH
The directory containing the docker CLI tools must be on the $PATH
C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker>
The program is in the variables
First i show you Docker installed:
Directory of C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker
04/20/2024 05:51 PM <DIR> .
04/20/2024 05:51 PM <DIR> ..
04/20/2024 05:48 PM 4,607 app.json
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 31,832 BITSReference5_0.dll
04/20/2024 05:48 PM 20,072 com.docker.service
04/20/2024 05:48 PM 19,072 com.docker.service.config
04/20/2024 05:48 PM 28,160 com.docker.service.pdb
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 1,734,744 courgette64.exe
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 7,269,992 Docker Desktop Installer.exe
04/20/2024 05:48 PM 19,431 Docker Desktop Installer.exe.config
04/20/2024 05:48 PM 382,464 Docker Desktop Installer.pdb
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 2,347,080 Docker Desktop.exe
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 106,072 Docker.Backend.dll
04/20/2024 05:48 PM 232,960 Docker.Backend.pdb
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 160,856 Docker.Core.dll
04/20/2024 05:48 PM 476,672 Docker.Core.pdb
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 12,215,888 DockerCli.exe
04/20/2024 05:49 PM <DIR> frontend
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 23,128 HttpOverStream.Client.dll
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 25,688 HttpOverStream.dll
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 27,224 HttpOverStream.NamedPipe.dll
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 29,272 HttpOverStream.Server.Owin.dll
04/20/2024 05:51 PM 4,607 installationmanifest.json
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 46,176 InstallerCli.exe
04/20/2024 05:48 PM 19,072 InstallerCli.exe.config
04/20/2024 05:48 PM 75,264 InstallerCli.pdb
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 101,464 Microsoft.Owin.dll
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 66,136 Microsoft.Owin.Hosting.dll
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 31,320 Microsoft.Virtualization.Client.Common.Types.dll
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 1,631,832 Microsoft.Virtualization.Client.Management.dll
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 15,448 Microsoft.Win32.Primitives.dll
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 60,504 Microsoft.Windows.ComputeVirtualization.dll
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 92,760 netstandard.dll
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 704,600 Newtonsoft.Json.dll
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 866,392 NLog.dll
04/20/2024 05:49 PM 14,936 Owin.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM <DIR> resources
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 27,224 SimCim.Core.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 473,688 SimCim.Root.StandardCimV2.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 2,086,488 SimCim.Root.V2.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 518,744 SimCim.Root.Virtualization.V2.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.AppContext.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Collections.Concurrent.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.Collections.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Collections.NonGeneric.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Collections.Specialized.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.ComponentModel.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.ComponentModel.EventBasedAsync.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.ComponentModel.Primitives.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 16,984 System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Console.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 148,568 System.Data.Common.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.Diagnostics.Contracts.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Diagnostics.Debug.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 29,784 System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.Diagnostics.Process.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 18,008 System.Diagnostics.StackTrace.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Diagnostics.Tools.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.Diagnostics.TraceSource.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 25,688 System.Diagnostics.Tracing.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Drawing.Primitives.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 16,472 System.Dynamic.Runtime.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.Globalization.Calendars.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Globalization.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 20,056 System.Globalization.Extensions.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 105,048 System.IO.Compression.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.IO.Compression.ZipFile.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.IO.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.IO.FileSystem.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.IO.FileSystem.DriveInfo.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.IO.FileSystem.Primitives.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.IO.FileSystem.Watcher.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.IO.IsolatedStorage.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.IO.Pipes.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.IO.UnmanagedMemoryStream.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Linq.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 16,472 System.Linq.Expressions.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Linq.Parallel.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Linq.Queryable.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 370,776 System.Management.Automation.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 192,600 System.Net.Http.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 179,800 System.Net.Http.Formatting.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 33,880 System.Net.IPNetwork.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Net.NameResolution.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 16,472 System.Net.NetworkInformation.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Net.Ping.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 16,472 System.Net.Primitives.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Net.Requests.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.Net.Security.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 24,664 System.Net.Sockets.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Net.WebHeaderCollection.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Net.WebSockets.Client.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Net.WebSockets.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.ObjectModel.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 109,656 System.Reactive.Core.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 1,268,312 System.Reactive.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 16,472 System.Reactive.Interfaces.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 16,984 System.Reactive.Linq.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 16,472 System.Reflection.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Reflection.Extensions.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.Reflection.Primitives.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Resources.Reader.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Resources.ResourceManager.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Resources.Writer.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 18,008 System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.Runtime.CompilerServices.VisualC.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 23,640 System.Runtime.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.Runtime.Extensions.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Runtime.Handles.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 18,520 System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 22,616 System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Runtime.Numerics.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 21,080 System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 19,032 System.Runtime.Serialization.Xml.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Security.Claims.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 41,048 System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Security.Cryptography.Csp.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Security.Cryptography.Encoding.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.Security.Cryptography.Primitives.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 16,984 System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Security.Principal.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 16,472 System.Security.SecureString.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.Text.Encoding.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Text.Encoding.Extensions.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Text.RegularExpressions.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 16,472 System.Threading.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 31,832 System.Threading.Overlapped.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 16,472 System.Threading.Tasks.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 27,224 System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Threading.Thread.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Threading.ThreadPool.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Threading.Timer.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 73,304 System.ValueTuple.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 456,280 System.Web.Http.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 62,552 System.Web.Http.Owin.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.Xml.XDocument.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.Xml.XmlDocument.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,960 System.Xml.XmlSerializer.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 15,448 System.Xml.XPath.dll
04/20/2024 05:50 PM 16,984 System.Xml.XPath.XDocument.dll
143 File(s) 36,609,709 bytes
when i tried to run installercli it told me i cant run it on my pc WHY??
\Program Files\WSL>wsl --list
Windows Subsystem for Linux Distributions:
Ubuntu (Default)
C:\Program Files\WSL>wsl --list --verbose
NAME STATE VERSION
C:\Program Files\WSL>wsl --status
Default Distribution: Ubuntu
Default Version: 2
C:\Program Files\WSL>C:\Program Files\WSL>wsl
Welcome to Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-19041-Microsoft x86_64)so why did it work by me running wsl in dos and not docker desktop running it on its own and not finding it installed?
THENN
I install and run Podman Desktop that it needs
WSL version should be >= 1.2.5
YET I HAVE THE LATEST VERSION
Virtual Machine Platform should be enabled to be able to run Podman.
WHICH IT IS
Could not detect WSL2
I HAVE SPENT 2 DAYS TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND KEEP GETTING ERRORS
I HAVE HP ELITE 8300 SFF I7-3770 3.4GHZ
16GB RAM
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