"Docker Desktop fails to start: WSL bootstrap exit status 0xffffffff"

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Type of issue

Information is incorrect

Description

Docker Desktop fails to start. I receive the following error:
"running WSL engine: bootstrapping in the main distro: WSL-bootstrap: exit status 0xffffffff."

• Tried resetting Docker Desktop to factory defaults.
• Verified WSL2 is installed and registered.
• Updated WSL kernel.
• Enabled and verified Hyper-V.
• Gathered diagnostics (attached file below).

Location

https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/dockerd/

Suggestion

• Tried resetting Docker Desktop to factory defaults.
• Verified WSL2 is installed and registered.
• Updated WSL kernel.
• Enabled and verified Hyper-V.
• Gathered diagnostics (attached file below).