# Install Docker Desktop on Windows — All-users installation (run as administrator)

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start /w "" "Docker Desktop Installer.exe" install

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
If using all-users installation and your administrator account is different to your user account, you must add the user to the **docker-users** group to access features that require higher privileges, such as creating and managing the Hyper-V VM, or using Windows containers:
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$ net localgroup docker-users /add

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&gt; [!WARNING]
&gt;
&gt; Membership in `docker-users` grants access to the Docker daemon socket, which is equivalent to granting administrative privileges on the host. Only add users who require access to Windows containers or Hyper-V VM management. For Linux containers using the WSL 2 backend, this group membership is not required. See [Protect the Docker daemon socket](/manuals/engine/security/protect-access.md) for more information.

If you're deploying via MDM (such as Intune) and the `docker-users` group isn't populated automatically, see [Why isn't the `docker-users` group populated when the MSI is installed with Intune or another MDM solution?](/manuals/enterprise/enterprise-deployment/faq.md#why-isnt-the-docker-users-group-populated-when-the-msi-is-installed-with-intune-or-another-mdm-solution).

See the [Installer flags](#installer-flags) section to see what flags the `install` command
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