Issue

Failed to install docker package with error: install-package : Cannot rename because item at ‘C:\Program Files\dummyName’ does not exist.

Symptoms

• Docker package installation failed with error ” install-package : Cannot rename because item at ‘C:\Program Files\dummyName’ does not exist.”

• Created ‘dummyName’ folder in location ‘ C:\Program Files\’, still the package installation failed with same error

Summary

Started installing Docker Module

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = "tls12, tls11, tls" 

Install-Module DockerMsftProvider -Force 

install-package docker -ProviderName DockerMsftProvider -Force

install-package : Cannot rename because item at ‘C:\Program Files\dummyName’ does not exist.

At line:1 char:1

+ install-package docker -ProviderName DockerMsftProvider -Force

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Microsoft.Power….InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Install-Package],

   Exception

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation

Cause

Work around timing issue between unzip and rename folder

Solution

# Rename the docker folder to become Docker

        $dummyName = 'dummyName'
        $null = Rename-Item -Path $script:pathDockerRoot -NewName $env:ProgramFiles\$dummyName
        while (!(Test-Path $env:ProgramFiles\$dummyName)) 
		{ 
			Start-Sleep 1
			$null = Rename-Item -Path $script:pathDockerRoot -NewName $env:ProgramFiles\$dummyName -ErrorAction Continue -Verbose
		}

        $null = Rename-Item -Path $env:ProgramFiles\$dummyName -NewName $script:pathDockerRoot  

Reference

https://github.com/OneGet/MicrosoftDockerProvider/pull/62/files