Docker-Compose not installed with Docker Desktop

Question

I installed Docker Desktop v4.12.0 on windows 10 which installed docker v20.10.17.

I am trying to run docker-compose pull but get the response docker: 'compose' is not a docker command. I've tried reinstalling Docker Desktop but I still get the same error.

docker-compose --version and docker compose --version both return the same error message.

I'm new to docker and not sure if I've done something incorrectly. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

This can happen when we have older files laying around in windows path.

Try this:

where docker

or

where docker-compose

If you have multiple paths, maybe one of them is very old. In my case, I had to delete docker.exe and dockerd.exe in the root of c:\Program Files\Docker. The new files should be in the resources\bin folder.

If you are having difficulties running cmd "where" in Windows/Powershell, try this way:

PS C:\Users\canoas> where.exe docker
C:\Program Files\Rancher Desktop\resources\resources\win32\bin\docker.exe
C:\Program Files\Rancher Desktop\resources\resources\linux\bin\docker
PS C:\Users\canoas> where.exe docker-compose
C:\Program Files\Rancher Desktop\resources\resources\win32\bin\docker-compose.exe
C:\Program Files\Rancher Desktop\resources\resources\linux\bin\docker-compose