Can't start docker on windows

Question

I continue to get the following error when trying to start docker on Windows 10 pro. my HyperV is turned on and running: Version 18.04.0-ce-win62 (17151) Channel: edge e0a85f6<

Answer 1

The fix for me was to enable virtualisation in my bios. It'll be in Advanced > CPU Configuration > SVM - make sure it's enabled

Answer 2

1. Open Windows Security

2. Open App & Browser control

3. Click Exploit protection settings

4. Switch to Program settings tab

5. Locate C:\WINDOWS\System32\vmcompute.exe in the list and expand it

6. Click Edit

7. Scroll down to Control flow guard (CFG) and uncheck Override system settings

8. Start vmcompute from powershell net start vmcompute (or alternately start the Hyper-V Host Compute Service from the system Services app)

9. Restart PC

10. Open Hyper-V as Administrator

11. Connect to Server, Local computer, OK

The above worked for me. I couldn't run docker, then I realized I couldn't connect to my local machine on hyper-v. I kept reading suggestions to reinstall hyper-v and do some restarts but this is what finally worked.

Answer 3

Try this. It's sorting the problem of many people.

cd "C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker" 
./DockerCli.exe -SwitchDaemon