Docker: How do I add myself to the docker-users group on windows 10 home?

I am getting the following error

The current user is not in the 'docker-users' group. Add yourself to the 'docker-users' group and then log out and back in to Windows.

How do I solve this on Windows 10 Home? All the examples I find are for enterprise or pro versions of Windows.

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Run this command from an administrator command window to add your user id to the docker-users group and log back into your user account for it to take effect.

net localgroup docker-users "your-user-id" /ADD

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It might occur that the user-group "docker-users" not exist on your machine. In that case enter the following commands in the Powershell

New-LocalGroup -Name 'docker-users' -Description 'docker Users Group'
Add-LocalGroupMember -Group 'Administrators' -Member ('docker-users') –Verbose
Add-LocalGroupMember -Group 'docker-users' -Member ('Username','Administrators') –Verbose

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Try restarting the system, that worked for me, as it pushed me to the group automatically.

If you are installing Docker Desktop from Chocolatey, you might only need a restart, as you are put in that group automatically.

In my case, I just uninstall and reinstall the docker. And it fine now.

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