docker-for-desktop on Windows WSL2 is crashing

[mdekoster]

[x ] I have tried with the latest version of my channel (Stable or Edge)
[x ] I have uploaded Diagnostics

• Diagnostics ID:
  Stable version: A4F0C4D9-1FC7-422B-B4F8-782DE8295A4D/20200727051318
  Edge version: A4F0C4D9-1FC7-422B-B4F8-782DE8295A4D/20200727061310

Expected behavior

A running docker engine in WSL2

Actual behavior

The docker-for-desktop crashes on startup.

Information

• Windows Version:
  Edition: Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview
  Version: 2004
  Installed on: 25-‎7-‎2020
  OS Build: 20175.1000

• Docker Desktop Version:
  Version: 2.3.0.3 (45519) Channel: stable
  Version: 2.3.3.2 (46784) Channe: Edge

• Are you running inside a virtualized Windows e.g. on a cloud server or on a mac VM:
  No

[stephen-turner]

@mdekoster Can you try with another version of Windows? There's a bug in the latest Insiders build that stops Docker Desktop from working. See #7808.

[metcalfc]

This WSL2 bug microsoft/WSL#5648 does effect Docker, it is not an issue with Docker. We are hopeful for a fix soon. Right now Windows 20175 and 20180 have this issue. You can disable the WSL2 backend in your Docker settings for now. You won't find docker in your WSL2 path anymore but you can work around this temporarily with:

alias docker=docker.exe

Docker on the Windows side (powershell, cmd, etc) will behave normally.

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