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Iron Contributor

Apr 20, 2024

I have several questions involving WSL and Docker Desktop

Today I discovered that the SQL Server Developer Edition database I created, is no longer available, because the machine it was on has died. Fortunately, I saved a full backup of the database to my O...

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Alabamatom1963

Iron Contributor

Apr 20, 2024

Check this out and see if it helps.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72483632/ubuntu-error-the-command-docker-could-not-be-found-in-this-wsl-2-distro#:~:text=This%20worked%20for%20me%3A%201%20In%20PowerShell%2C%20type,20.04%20in%20my%20case%29%20and%20Apply%20%26%20Restart.

Rod-F

Iron Contributor

Apr 21, 2024

Alabamatom1963 some of that works. For example, when I issue the command docker --version in a PowerShell prompt, I get an answer of

Docker version 26.0.0, build 2ae903e

However, when I issue the command wsl -l -v I get the response:

Windows Subsystem for Linux has no installed distributions.
Distributions can be installed by visiting the Microsoft Store:
https://aka.ms/wslstore

Alabamatom1963
Iron Contributor
Apr 21, 2024
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/use-custom-distro