- Desktop icon creation is optional in installer; do not recreate Desktop icon on upgrade (effective on next upgrade). Fixes [docker/for-win#246](https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/246), [docker/for-win#925](https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/925), [docker/for-win#1551](https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/1551)
### Docker Community Edition 17.12.0-ce-win47 2018-01-12
* Bug fixes and minor changes
- Fix linuxkit port-forwarder sometimes not being able to start. Fixes [docker/for-win#1506](https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/1506)
- Fix certificate management when connecting to a private registry. Fixes [docker/for-win#1512](https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/1512)
- Fix Mount compatibility when mounting drives with `-v //c/...`, now mounted in /host_mnt/c in the linuxkit virtual machine. Fixes [docker/for-win#1509](https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/1509), [docker/for-win#1516](https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/1516), [docker/for-win#1497](https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/1497)
- Fix icon displaying edge. Fixes [docker/for-win#1508](https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/1508)
### Docker Community Edition 17.12.0-ce-win46 2018-01-09
* Upgrades
- [Docker 17.12.0-ce](https://github.com/docker/docker-ce/releases/tag/v17.12.0-ce)
- [Docker compose 1.18.0](https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/tag/1.18.0)
- [Docker Machine 0.13.0](https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/tag/v0.13.0)
- Linux Kernel 4.9.60
* New
- Virtual machine entirely built with linuxkit
- Add localhost port forwarder for Windows (thanks @simonferquel). Use Microsoft localhost port forwarder when it is available (insider build RS4).
* Bug fixes and minor changes
- Display various component versions in About box.
- Fix vpnkit issue when username has spaces. See [docker/for-win#1429](https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/1429)
- Diagnostic improvements to get VM logs before VM shutdown.
- Fix installer check for not supported Windows `CoreCountrySpecific` Edition.
- Fix a class of startup failures where the database fails to start. See [docker/for-win#498](https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/498)
- Links in update changelog now open the default browser instead of IE. (fixes [docker/for-win#1311](https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/1311))
## Stable Releases of 2017
### Docker Community Edition 17.09.1-ce-win42 2017-12-11
* Upgrades
- [Docker 17.09.1-ce](https://github.com/docker/docker-ce/releases/tag/v17.09.1-ce)
- [Docker compose 1.17.1](https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/tag/1.17.1)
- [Docker Machine 0.13.0](https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/tag/v0.13.0)
* Bug fixes and minor changes
- Fix bug during Windows fast-startup process. Fixes [for-win/#953](https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/953)
- Fix uninstaller issue (in some specific cases dockerd process was not killed properly)
- Fix Net Promoter Score Gui bug. Fixes [for-win/#1277](https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/1277)
- Fix `docker.for.win.localhost` not working in proxy settings. Fixes [for-win/#1130](https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/1130)
- Increased timeout for virtual machine boot startup to 2 minutes.
### Docker Community Edition 17.09.0-ce-win33 2017-10-06
* Bug fixes
- Fix Docker For Windows unable to start in some cases: removed use of libgmp sometimes causing the vpnkit process to die.
### Docker Community Edition 17.09.0-ce-win32 2017-10-02
* Upgrades
- [Docker 17.09.0-ce](https://github.com/docker/docker-ce/releases/tag/v17.09.0-ce)
- [Docker Compose 1.16.1](https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/tag/1.16.1)
- [Docker Machine 0.12.2](https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/tag/v0.12.2)
- [Docker Credential Helpers 0.6.0](https://github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers/releases/tag/v0.6.0)
- Linux Kernel 4.9.49
- AUFS 20170911
* New
- Windows Docker daemon is now started as service for better lifecycle management