random one but is there a setting whereby i can switch off/ disable Kubernetes for good? upon downloading the tool? I know you can check/uncheck the Enable Kubernetes checkbox but i want to avoid the manual intervention as much as possible? via a script or something along these lines? has someone done this before, is this possible?

probably could use https://docs.rancherdesktop.io/getting-started/deployment/

Deployment profiles are probably the way to go, but if you are looking at a script, you can start Rancher Desktop with

rdctl start --kubernetes.enabled=false

thanks alot