docker does not run on windows error

Question

I\'ve installed docker and followed the directions here: https://docs.docker.com/installation/windows/#installation but when I run boot2docker start this happens:

Answer 1

We had exactly this on someone's machine.

The solution for us was to find the

• Run the VirtualBox UI (C:\program files\oracle....)
• locate the VM (at the top)
• select 'power off'

Once all that was done, boot2docker started correctly again.

In extremis, you could delete the boot2docker-vm image out of virtualbox, and it ought to re-install it.