Docker Desktop fails to start

[abaumg]

Description

After upgrading to 4.39, when Docker Desktop tries to start, it fails immediately.

The first time I got this error:
running engine: waiting for the VM setup to be ready: starting windows containers: status code not OK but 500: Unhandled exception: Time out has expired and the operation has not been completed.

On all subsequent starts, I get this error: running engine: waiting for the Docker API: engine windows failed to run: getting docker info: error during connect: Get "http://%5C%5C.%5Cpipe%5Cdocker_engine_windows/v1.48/info": open \\.\pipe\docker_engine_windows: The system cannot find the file specified.

Reproduce

1. Start Docker Desktop

Expected behavior

No response

docker version

Client:
 Version:           28.0.1
 API version:       1.48
 Go version:        go1.23.6
 Git commit:        068a01e
 Built:             Wed Feb 26 10:41:52 2025
 OS/Arch:           windows/amd64
 Context:           desktop-windows
error during connect: Get "http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2FdockerDesktopWindowsEngine/v1.48/version": open //./pipe/dockerDesktopWindowsEngine: The system cannot find the file specified.

docker info

Client:
 Version:    28.0.1
 Context:    desktop-windows
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  ai: Docker AI Agent - Ask Gordon (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.9.4
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-ai.exe
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.21.1-desktop.2
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-buildx.exe
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v2.33.1-desktop.1
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-compose.exe
  debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.0.38
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-debug.exe
  desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Beta) (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.5
    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:  v1.16.3
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-scout.exe

Server:
ERROR: error during connect: Get "http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2FdockerDesktopWindowsEngine/v1.48/info": open //./pipe/dockerDesktopWindowsEngine: The system cannot find the file specified.
errors pretty printing info

Diagnostics ID

16A537D7-399D-4316-AD25-E79003CE7CE2/20250307080138

Additional Info

No response

[abaumg]

Seems to be a duplicate of issue #14644, which has a wrong version tag.