//Commmand prompt wsl --list -v //Expected output // NAME STATE VERSION //* docker-desktop Running 2 // docker-desktop-data Running 2 wsl --shutdown mkdir D:\Docker\wsl\data\ //your path wsl --export docker-desktop-data "D:\Docker\wsl\data\docker-desktop-data.tar" wsl --unregister docker-desktop-dat awsl --import docker-desktop-data "D:\Docker\wsl\data" "D:\Docker\wsl\data\docker-desktop-data.tar" --version 2 //Delete the exported .tar file: D:\Docker\wsl\data\docker-desktop-data.tar and nothing more!