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Docker engine needs to run in background before Claude Desktop App. Even if you run Claude Desktop as adminstrator , this will still not run docker engine .
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koke1997
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I think this ok because Claude Desktop could be running in tray already even before running the docker image. So in this case for Claude it is important to run docker before Claude Desktop App, otherwise running it later won't make the Desktop App attach to process.
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Do we know it's only relevant to Windows, or also Mac? |
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@williammartin I am not sure, but i think after installing for the first time Docker on Mac this will not launch on startup with macOS. This option has to be ticked. From my Claude Desktop app : 
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Docker engine needs to run in background before Claude Desktop App. Even if you run Claude Desktop as adminstrator , this will still not run docker engine .
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I think adding this into readme would reduce the number of incoming issues as there a Windows users which think Docker needs to be run inside WSL