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windowsfilter storage driver — Configure the windowsfilter storage driver

For most use case, no configuring the windowsfilter storage driver is not necessary.

Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions). For most use case, no configuring the windowsfilter storage driver is not necessary. The default storage limit for Docker Engine on Windows is 127GB. To use a different storage size, set the size option for the windowsfilter storage driver. See windowsfilter options. Data is stored on the Docker host in image and windowsfilter subdirectories within C:\ProgramData\docker by default. You can change the storage location by configuring the data-root option in the Daemon configuration file You must restart the daemon for the configuration change to take effect. Attribution: Adapted from Docker Documentation under Apache-2.0. Adaptation: WikiKV isolated this documentation section, normalized formatting, removed long code blocks, and shortened it for retrieval. Verify version-sensitive details at the source.
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