Unable to install Docker Desktop on Windows 10 Pro 21H1

Question

I am trying to install Docker Desktop on Windows 10 Pro 21H1, but I'm constantly getting the below error:

Component CommunityInstaller.EnableFeaturesAction failed: Not found 
   at CommunityInstaller.InstallWorkflow.<DoHandleD4WPackageAsync>d__29.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at CommunityInstaller.InstallWorkflow.<DoProcessAsync>d__23.MoveNext()

I have tried deleting:

C:\Program Files\
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Docker
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Docker Desktop

... and other Docker related folders multiple times.

I have WSL2 running fine on my system with Ubuntu 20.

sid_c06@LAPTOP-HJCDC6N0:~$ wsl.exe -l -v
  NAME            STATE           VERSION
* Ubuntu-20.04    Running         2

I tried unchecking the WSL2 option during installation but then the step of starting Linux Containers on WSL2 fails when trying to start Docker Desktop after installation.

Unable to start
at Docker.Core.Pipe.NamedPipeClient.d__5.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at Docker.Core.Pipe.NamedPipeClient.Send(String action, Object[] parameters)
at Docker.Actions.DoStart(SynchronizationContext syncCtx, Boolean showWelcomeWindow, Boolean executeAfterStartCleanup)
at Docker.Actions.<>c__DisplayClass27_0.b__0()
at Docker.ApiServices.TaskQueuing.TaskQueue.<>c__DisplayClass17_0.<.ctor>b__1()

Can you let me know what am I doing wrong? Also should I go with installing Docker directly on Ubuntu on WSL2 and skip Docker Desktop? I couldn't find concreate steps for same. Let me know if that is a good idea.

Answer 1

The problem is usually with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

Running this command in cmd as Administrator fixes the problem :

CD C:\Windows\System32\WBEM && dir /b *.mof *.mfl | findstr /v /i uninstall > moflist.txt & for /F %s in (moflist.txt) do mofcomp %s

Hope it works for you too. In my case, docker started crashing and I uninstalled in (sadly unproperly). For 5 days I have struggled with this docker issue but this command worked like a charm for 4.23.0.

Answer 2

I performed many actions to solve it which are listed below. I believe that resetting the WMI was the key action, though.

1. I deleted all remaining Docker/Docker Desktop folders in Windows:

   ~/AppData/Local/Docker
   ~/AppData/Roaming/Docker
   C:\ProgramData\Docker
   C:\Program Files\Docker
   

2. I also uninstalled and installed back the following windows features:

   • Hyper-V
   • Windows Subsystem Linux
   • Windows Hypervision Platform.

3. Disabled Windows Service Power

4. Reset the WMI

   • Disable and stop the WMI service:

     sc config winmgmt start= disabled
     net stop winmgmt
     

   • Run the following commands:

     Winmgmt /salvagerepository %windir%\System32\wbem
     Winmgmt /resetrepository %windir%\System32\wbem
     

   • Re-enable the WMI service and reboot:

     sc config winmgmt start= auto
     

     (note that there is a blank between '=' and 'auto')

If the problem remains, then try the following steps to rebuild the repository:

1. Disable and stop the WMI service

   sc config winmgmt start= disabled     
   net stop winmgmt
   

   (note that there is a blank between '=' and 'disabled')

2. Rename the repository folder (located at %windir%\System32\wbem\repository) to repository.old

3. Re-enable the WMI service

   sc config winmgmt start= auto
   

4. Reboot the machine.

Reference this SuperUser answer