WSL2 Not Installed-Recognized With Docker Desktop For Windows

Question

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

• Ubuntu Stopped 1

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