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Windows- Troubleshooting Docker¶

Run PowerShell in Admin Mode¶

In Start-Menu search for 'powershell'. To run PowerShell as administrator, right-click (or tap and hold, if you use a touchscreen) on the Windows PowerShell search result, and then click or tap "Run as administrator." (as shown in screenshot below)

Windows 10¶

Windows 10: Run PowerShell as Admin

Windows 7¶

Windows 7: Run PowerShell as Admin

Restart Docker in PowerShell¶

Type following six commands in same order as given below:

Error Code: open //./pipe/docker_engine: System cannot find file¶

error during connect: Get http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.29/version: open //./pipe/docker_engine: The system cannot find the file specified. In the default daemon configuration on Windows, the docker client must be run elevated to connect . This error may also indicate that the docker daemon is not running.

Stuck in: "Waiting for an IP..." "Creating SSH Keys..."¶

Docker on Windows has a slew of problems. Here are few things you can try:

For more details refer to this article: https://github.com/docker/toolbox/issues/457

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net stop docker
net stop com.docker.service
taskkill /IM "dockerd.exe" /F
taskkill /IM "Docker for Windows.exe" /F
net start docker
net start com.docker.service

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docker-machine create default --virtualbox-no-vtx-check
docker-machine restart default

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First Disable AntiVirus
Next Disable FireWall
Next Run these commands
docker-machine rm default
docker-machine create --driver virtualbox --virtualbox-no-vtx-check default