How to Display Resource Setting in Docker Desktop Application running in Microsoft Windows

Introduction

Basically, this is a part where it will be very useful in a certain case. One of that case is in order to use a path exist in the Windows operating system. Specifically, a path for as a resource settings of Docker Desktop application for further file sharing. It is defining the path in the file sharing menu of resource setting in the Docker Desktop application. It is very useful to have a path definition in order to define volume path in the ‘docker-compose.yml’ file. By defining it, instead of saving the file inside the local Docker container, it will map the path into the host of the local device which is running the local Docker container.

How to Display File Sharing Menu of Resource Setting in Docker Desktop Application

Before going further, below is the appearance of the Docker Desktop Application. Actually, it is the appearance of the resource settings. It will show the menu of the resource settings. So, the following are the steps for showing how to display resource setting in Docker Desktop Application :

1. First of all, just access the Docker Desktop Application. Normally, by searching it first. The following image a display of the search process in Microsoft Windows 11 :

   

   The following is the display of the actual process for starting the Docker Desktop application :

   

2. After the Docker Desktop is running, the following display of the Docker Desktop application will appear :

   

3. Just click the top right button to access the setting window. It is in the following image :

   

4. >Next, the following is the appearance of the Settings Window of Docker Desktop Application :