Docker Desktop startup fails with "Failed to stop Docker daemon Windows service"

[erikatsg]

Description

I am using Windows 10, Docker Desktop 4.37.1 and Windows Containers. I am in an enterprise environment with an unpriviledged account, but I installed Docker Desktop with admin priviligies.

First time Docker Desktop starts, and by that Docker Engine, DD failes to start DE and the following error message is seen:

The log file service.txt has the following interesting rows:

[2025-01-14T07:53:36.113970300Z][WindowsDaemon][I] Admin overrides not found on disk. Setup will use the provided values.
[2025-01-14T07:53:36.130265500Z][WindowsDaemon][I] trying to start Windows dockerd with args=-G "docker-users" --config-file "C:\ProgramData\Docker\config\daemon.json" and env=
[2025-01-14T07:54:06.195414100Z][IPCServer][E] (983498d2-4) c9d99a35-ServiceAPI S->C 5c38c3b5-serviceClientCLI POST /windowscontainers/start (31123ms): Internal Server Error

If I chose "Quit" and try to start Docker Desktop again, both DD and DE starts without any error message. The log file then have the following messages:

[2025-01-14T08:00:24.960141200Z][WindowsDaemon][I] Admin overrides not found on disk. Setup will use the provided values.
[2025-01-14T08:00:24.962143600Z][WindowsDaemon][I] trying to start Windows dockerd with args=-G "docker-users" --config-file "C:\ProgramData\Docker\config\daemon.json" and env=
[2025-01-14T08:00:25.407012400Z][Cmd][I] The specified service already exists.
[2025-01-14T08:00:25.734840700Z][WindowsDaemon][I] Starting up
Note how it says that the service (that previously failed?) already exists.

So starting DD a second time gives me, I believe, a functioning DD and DE.

Reproduce

1. Start Docker Desktop

Expected behavior

Docker Desktop, and Docker Engine, starts without any issues.

docker version

Client:
 Version:           27.4.0
 API version:       1.47
 Go version:        go1.22.10
 Git commit:        bde2b89
 Built:             Sat Dec  7 10:40:21 2024
 OS/Arch:           windows/amd64
 Context:           desktop-windows

Server: Docker Desktop 4.37.1 (178610)
 Engine:
  Version:          27.4.0
  API version:      1.47 (minimum version 1.24)
  Go version:       go1.22.10
  Git commit:       92a8393
  Built:            Sat Dec  7 10:39:14 2024
  OS/Arch:          windows/amd64
  Experimental:     false

docker info

Client:
 Version:    27.4.0
 Context:    desktop-windows
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  ai: Ask Gordon - Docker Agent (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.5.1
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-ai.exe
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.19.2-desktop.1
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-buildx.exe
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v2.31.0-desktop.2
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-compose.exe
  debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.0.37
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-debug.exe
  desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Beta) (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-desktop.exe
  dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.2
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-dev.exe
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.27
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-extension.exe
  feedback: Provide feedback, right in your terminal! (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.0.5
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-feedback.exe
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.4.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-init.exe
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
    Version:  0.6.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-sbom.exe
  scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.15.1
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-scout.exe

Server:
 Containers: 2
  Running: 2
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 0
 Images: 14
 Server Version: 27.4.0
 Storage Driver: windowsfilter
  Windows:
 Logging Driver: json-file
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: ics internal l2bridge l2tunnel nat null overlay private transparent
  Log: awslogs etwlogs fluentd gcplogs gelf json-file local splunk syslog
 Swarm: inactive
 Default Isolation: hyperv
 Kernel Version: 10.0 19045 (19041.1.amd64fre.vb_release.191206-1406)
 Operating System: Microsoft Windows Version 22H2 (OS Build 19045.5247)
 OSType: windows
 Architecture: x86_64
 CPUs: 24
 Total Memory: 29.68GiB
 ID: def8ca39-f73a-4b63-9339-26f21d258f55
 Docker Root Dir: C:\ProgramData\Docker
 Debug Mode: false
 Labels:
  com.docker.desktop.address=npipe://\\.\pipe\docker_cli
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false

Diagnostics ID

unable to fetch atm, will try again

Additional Info

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