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I'm having Docker Desktop on my Windows PC. While checking the version of the docker in the registry it shows the version as 2.1.0.5. But when I running the below command in the Windows CMD, it returns the version as 19.03.5.

Which one is the correct version and why it's showing two different versions for a single application?

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You have two version numbers:

• Docker Desktop for Windows (Release Notes)
• Docker Engine (Release Notes)

You can get the version number of Docker Engine with docker version command:

docker version

To get the Docker Desktop for Windows version number you have to look at the registry. Also have a look at this thread on the Docker forum to get this value: https://forums.docker.com/t/how-to-check-docker-version/76677.

You are using the following versions:

• Docker Desktop for Windows 2.1.0.5
• Docker Engine 19.03.5