

If your system only supports one of the two options, you will not be able to select which backend to use.įollow the instructions on the installation wizard to authorize the installer and proceed with the install. When prompted, ensure the Use WSL 2 instead of Hyper-V option on the Configuration page is selected or not depending on your choice of backend. The recent downloads bar at the bottom of your web browser. It typically downloads to your Downloads folder, or you can run it from If you haven’t already downloaded the installer ( Docker Desktop Installer.exe), you can get it from Install Docker Desktop on Windows Install interactivelyĭouble-click Docker Desktop Installer.exe to run the installer. Windows Home or Education editions will only allow you to run Linux containers. To run Windows containers, you need Windows 10 or Windows 11 Professional or Enterprise edition.

Looking for information on using Windows containers? It requires enabling nested virtualization on the hypervisor first.įor more information, see Running Docker Desktop in a VM or VDI environment. Running Docker Desktop inside a VMware ESXi or Azure VM is supported for Docker Business customers.

Note that it is not possible to share containers and images between user accounts when using the Docker Desktop WSL 2 backend.

This is because all WindowsĪccounts use the same VM to build and run containers. User accounts on machines where it is installed.
