Unable to share C drive on Docker for Windows

Question

I am running Docker Desktop for Windows on Windows 10 Enterprise. I get the following:

PS C:\Users> docker run --rm -v c:/Users:/data alpine ls /data C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Resources\bin\docker.exe: Error response from daemon: C: drive is not share it in Docker for Windows Settings.

From Docker settings in the Shared Drives tab, I see that the C drive is there, but it is not checked. When I check it and press Apply, I am prompted for my password. Upon entering it successfully, the C drive is still not checked.

Answer 1

There are different problems that people face with sharing. But the common one is a non-english character based password or a password with spaces.

If you can change your password and remove spaces/special non-english characters then it should work.

Other workaround that you can try is create a local user and give it access to C: and then when sharing C:\ in docker settings, using this local user credentials