Default docker host was set to wrong value when running under windows
Author: aDisplayNameCreated Sep 29, 2025Updated Apr 20, 2026
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What happened: Default docker host value doesn't work with Rancher Desktop.
What you expected to happen: When running Rancher Desktop with dockerd, dive can access the docker engine
How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible):
- Install Rancher Desktop 1.20 with dockerd as container runtime in Windows with WSL integration.
- Install dive using winget
winget install --id wagoodman.dive - Run dive
PS C:\Users\LMa2> dive alpine:3 Image Source: docker://alpine:3 Extracting image from docker-engine... (this can take a while for large images) cannot fetch image error during connect: Get "http://%2F%2F.pipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.48/images/alpine:3/json": open //.pipe/docker_engine: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
Anything else we need to know?:
Environment:
- Windows 11
- Docker version 28.3.3
- Rancher Desktop 1.20
Source: wagoodman/dive