Please refer to the [Docker Desktop for Windows user manual](https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/) for details on how to install Docker on Windows. There is no need to install a Linux distro if using named volumes like in the example below.
It is adviced to use the command-line where possible, as docker-desktop has fewer options to set up your container than CLI. Additionally, docker containers made within your shell will still be able to be managed from within docker desktop.
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**WSL2 will need to be installed to prevent DB corruption!** Please see the [Docker Desktop WSL 2 backend documentation](https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/wsl/) for instructions on how to enable WSL2. The commands below will only work with WSL2 installed!