Docker Failed to Initialize on Windows

Question

Here, I have problem regarding pulling docker-dev in docker image for making my development environment but when I tried to pull docker-dev. I got the error like docker manifest not found. Can anyone help me out with this error...plz

before this I want to know about the docker failed to initialize error which i'm having right now...

the error is like,

I tried so many things like re-install the docker desktop or WSL updates, but didn't worked.

And error in the command be like... So if someone can help me out with this....plz help me out

Answer 1

Got the same issue and fixed it by deleting %appdata%\Docker as mentioned by Github User "tocklime"

(Original Source : https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/3088)

Answer 2

My solution: delete %appdata%\Docker\settings.json and let Docker to create a new one.

Take a backup of the file for the next time it gets broken.

<tl;dr>

I face this issue almost every month and I hope this will get fixed definitely.

Following tmBlackCape answer, I checked the %appdata%\Docker directory and found settings.json damaged (editor tells it's a binary file and of course it shouldn't).

I deleted the file and Docker Service (still running) created a new one with default values. If the service isn't running, just launch it again.

You could need to change settings (via GUI, as recommended) to catch your needs.

I made a backup copy of my custom settings.json so next time I can replace the broken one without losing custom configuration.

Answer 3

Go to the directory C:\Users-------\AppData\Roaming\Docker and delete the file settings.json . Docker takes care of rewriting it at startup.

This manipulation solved the problem for me !