An error occurred when trying to switch to windows containers

Docker Desktop
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after installing Docker Desktop 3.1.0(51484)
Engine:20.10.2
on a windows 10 machine
I go to switch to windows containers and I get the following error.
Has anyone else received this error?

An error occurred
Docker.Core.DockerException:
Failed to register Docker daemon Windows service
   at Docker.Backend.Processes.WindowsDockerDaemon.TryToStartService(Settings settings, String args, Dictionary`2 env) in C:\workspaces\PR-15138\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.Backend\Processes\WindowsDockerDaemon.cs:line 219
   at Docker.Backend.HttpAPI.WindowsContainersController.Start(WindowsContainerStartRequest request) in C:\workspaces\PR-15138\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.Backend\HttpAPI\WindowsContainersController.cs:line 42
   at System.Web.Http.Controllers.ReflectedHttpActionDescriptor.ActionExecutor.<>c__DisplayClass6_1.<GetExecutor>b__0(Object instance, Object[] methodParameters)
   at System.Web.Http.Controllers.ReflectedHttpActionDescriptor.ExecuteAsync(HttpControllerContext controllerContext, IDictionary`2 arguments, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at System.Web.Http.Controllers.ApiControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeActionAsyncCore>d__1.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at System.Web.Http.Controllers.ActionFilterResult.<ExecuteAsync>d__5.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.HttpControllerDispatcher.<SendAsync>d__15.MoveNext()
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having the same problem, itā€™s weird no solution available anywhere online :frowning:

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Same here still no fix to be found.

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If you have the same error message, please share details about your environment (Windows version, Docker version). You can also share your error message again. Maybe it is not the same, even though you think it is.

When you share the error message, use the </> button to highlight it as a code block so the text will not be processed by the markdown interpreter. I fixed the message shared by @bedwardsdkr67 to make it more readable.

If we cannot help, you can open an issue on GitHub GitHub - docker/for-win: Bug reports for Docker Desktop for Windows