I’m having trouble starting docker. Every time I try to start it, I get this message: Error invoking remote method ‘docker-start-container’: Error: (HTTP code 500) server error - hcsshim::CreateComputeSystem ce90661a3dbd552b8226491dec815d8ec75f6997a0adfbceee8a1b97a49af9de: The virtual machine could…

There might be some conflict between VirtualBox and Hyper-V. There can only be one virtualization platform on Windows, which takes over the virtualization process from the CPU. Docker relies on Hyper-V, so my guess is that Hyper-V itself might be having issues.

How do I stop virtualbox taking over the virtualization? I dont need to un-install it do I?

Virtualbox is a Type 2 hypervisior and as such can not take over virtualization. It will always draw the short straw if Hyper-V (or any of its sub-features) is enabled. Virtualbox requires the “Windows Hypervisor Platform” feature enabled to work at all and indicate it with the infamous “green turtl…

[image] meyay: Are you trying to run Windows containers? Yes, the docker containers I’m trying to run are windows.

It really looks like hyper-v is running though. Both the windows features and services indicate its enabled and running. [WindowsFeatures]

The services screenshot: [services]

Ok, its all resolved now. I decided to test hyper-V, by creating a virtual machine in hyper-V manager. This seemed to go well, until I tried to start the VM, where I was told that hypervisor was not running. A bit more searching found me this page: https://superuser.com/questions/858259/hyper-v-re…

This did it for me. Thank you for sharing.

Cant start container - required feature not installed

Docker Desktop

mullsey (Mullsey) January 27, 2023, 11:54pm 7

The services screenshot:

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