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On Docker VMM, WSL2 keeps installing on docker desktop update #775

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Bug Description

recently on docker desktop 4.95.0 I changed my engine to Docker VMM and I am happy with it. so I uninstalled WSL2 because I no longer need it and that takes resources. then I noticed sometimes, terminal opens and shows it's installing wsl2 to cancell press ESC or Ctrl+C that I did but it keeps happening. then I checked and see "windows subsystem for linux" feature is enabled (which I've disabled it after removing WSL2). now on 4.96.3 update, I suspected that docker desktop update is doing this. so before updating from 4.96.2, I checked and see "windows subsystem for linux" is disabled and no WSL is installed, I updated docker desktop, restarted and BOOM, "windows subsystem for linux" is enabled again and trying to install WSL.

even now when I want to generate diagnostic ID on terminal, it opens a new terminal to install WSL :D

Reproduction

1- put docker destop to Docker VMM
2- uninstall WSL and disable "windows subsystem for linux"
3- update docker desktop

Platform

Windows

Version information

Client:
 Version:           29.9.2
 API version:       1.56
 Go version:        go1.26.10
 Git commit:        a82e528
 Built:             Tue Oct 20 19:44:07 2026
 OS/Arch:           windows/amd64
 Context:           desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.96.3 (244472)
 Engine:
  Version:          29.9.2
  API version:      1.56 (minimum version 1.40)
  Go version:       go1.26.10
  Git commit:       0367cbe
  Built:            Tue Oct 20 18:45:02 2026
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          v2.4.2
  GitCommit:        b7a25261e029d68978bbf290df0a62fc819b3c51
 runc:
  Version:          1.5.2
  GitCommit:        v1.5.2-0-g29dd3dc2
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0
Client:
 Version:    29.9.2
 Context:    desktop-linux
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  agent: Docker AI Agent Runner (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.152.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-agent.exe
  ai: Docker AI Agent - Ask Gordon (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.33.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-ai.exe
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.38.1
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-buildx.exe
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v5.6.1
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-compose.exe
  debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.49.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-debug.exe
  desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  4.96.3
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-desktop.exe
  dhi: CLI for managing Docker Hardened Images (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.0.9
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-dhi.exe
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.32
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-extension.exe
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.4.1
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-init.exe
  mcp: Docker MCP Plugin (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.44.2
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-mcp.exe
  model: Docker Model Runner (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.2.9
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-model.exe
  offload: Docker Offload (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.7.19
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-offload.exe
  pass: Docker Pass Secrets Manager Plugin (beta) (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.3.2
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-pass.exe
  sandbox: "docker sandbox" is deprecated, use Docker Sandboxes instead (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.13.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-sandbox.exe
  scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.27.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-scout.exe

Server:
 Containers: 2
  Running: 2
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 0
 Images: 3
 Server Version: 29.9.2
 Storage Driver: overlayfs
  driver-type: io.containerd.snapshotter.v1
 Logging Driver: local
 Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
 Cgroup Version: 2
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local splunk syslog
 CDI spec directories:
  /etc/cdi
  /var/run/cdi
 Discovered Devices:
  cdi: docker.com/gpu=webgpu
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 runc
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: b7a25261e029d68978bbf290df0a62fc819b3c51
 runc version: v1.5.2-0-g29dd3dc2
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: builtin
  cgroupns
 Kernel Version: 7.0.14-linuxkit
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: x86_64
 CPUs: 1
 Total Memory: 1.918GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: 3df3704a-40c7-446a-9be3-01ae9577c895
 Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
 Debug Mode: false
 HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
 Labels:
  com.docker.desktop.address=npipe://\\.\pipe\docker_cli
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  docker.arvancloud.ir
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
  127.0.0.0/8
  ::1/128
 Registry Mirrors:
  https://docker.arvancloud.ir/
 Live Restore Enabled: false
 Firewall Backend: iptables

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Activity

  1. added theissue type on Oct 22, 2026
  2. bsousaa commented on Oct 26, 2026

    @bsousaa
    Collaborator

    Thanks for reporting. Fix in progress

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