Docker Compose Up gives “The system cannot find the file specified.” error

Question

I have recently installed Docker Toolbox on my Windows 10 machine.

However, whenever I run docker-compose up I get the following error message:

Answer 1

I had this problem with a fresh install of Docker on Windows 10. My issue was that I hadn't actually run Docker first; I just installed the .msi and ran "docker-compose" from the command line.

Once I ran Docker, (and followed a few more post-installation steps, to include logging out of and restarting my computer) I was able to run docker-compose without issue.