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Docker desktop throws 20GB on c:\ . This is how you can move that to another drive like D:\wsl.2023\

EverythingSearch query

ext:vhdx

refs

Commands to move an vhdx filesystem

🐒> wsl --list
Windows Subsystem for Linux Distributions:
Ubuntu (Default)
docker-desktop
docker-desktop-data

🐒> wsl --shutdown

🐒> wsl --export docker-desktop 'D:\wsl.2023\docker-desktop.vhdx' --vhd
Export in progress, this may take a few minutes.
The operation completed successfully.

🐒> wsl --unregister docker-desktop-data
Unregistering.
The operation completed successfully.

🐒> wsl --unregister docker-desktop-data
🐒> wsl --import-in-place docker-desktop-data 'D:\wsl.2023\docker-desktop-data.vhdx'
The operation completed successfully.
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