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A PoweShell script to reduce the size of the WSL virtual volume used by Docker Desktop
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| # Stop the Docker service | |
| Stop-Service com.docker.service | |
| # Stop the Docker processes | |
| Stop-Process -Name "docker.exe" -Force | |
| Stop-Process -Name "Docker Desktop.exe" -Force | |
| # Stop WSL | |
| wsl --shutdown | |
| # Optimize the virtual volume (vhdx) | |
| Optimize-VHD -Mode Full -Path $Env:LOCALAPPDATA\Docker\wsl\data\ext4.vhdx |
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