Container will not start from CLI or GUI

Docker Desktop
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Hi all,
I’m pretty new to the container world but I was under the impression that a Linux based container would run on a windows machine as long as the Docker Desktop was installed first. I installed the desktop and it shows that the docker engine is running. I pulled Ubuntu 22.04 from the repo but when I try to start the container it will not start. The CLI never shows anything and the GUI says “exited” after about 1 second. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Norm

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Can you please share more details. if there are any logs getting generated that will be helpful

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Thank you for taking the time to answer. I knew I didn’t have a lot of information but as I said I’m new to docker and I can’t find where to get any logs about the problem. Can you point me to where I can get your desired information?

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I ran the self diagnosis tool but it didn’t show any “Fails” so I still am not sure of what is wrong. Here are the results of the self diag.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> & “C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\com.docker.diagnose.exe” check
Starting diagnostics

[2024-07-03T14:55:42.411044200Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe.ipc] dd95f29b-diagnose → \.\pipe\dockerBackendApiServer BackendAPI
[2024-07-03T14:55:42.418678100Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe.ipc] (6640b8f8) dd95f29b-diagnose C->S BackendAPI POST /idle/make-busy
[2024-07-03T14:55:42.419192400Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe.ipc] (6640b8f8) dd95f29b-diagnose C<-S 1700e3f1-BackendAPI POST /idle/make-busy (514.3µs): 0xc00000ad60
[2024-07-03T14:55:43.419346400Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe.ipc] (c55810a3) dd95f29b-diagnose C->S BackendAPI GET /idle
[2024-07-03T14:55:43.421288300Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe.ipc] (c55810a3) dd95f29b-diagnose C<-S 1700e3f1-BackendAPI GET /idle (1.9419ms): {“apisInFlight”:{},“booted”:true,“busyReason”:[“timed activities: map[/idle/make-busy:28.9990681s]”],“containers”:0,“idle”:“bool”,“kubernetesEnabled”:false,“reduced”:false,“services”:0,“timedActivities”:{“/idle/make-busy”:“float64”},“vmPaused”:false,“vmRunning”:true,“vmStopped”:false,“windowsContainers”:false}
[PASS] DD0027: is there available disk space on the host?
[SKIP] DD0028: is there available VM disk space?
[SKIP] DD0002: does the bootloader have virtualization enabled?
[SKIP] DD0018: does the host support virtualization?
[PASS] DD0001: is the application running?
[SKIP] DD0022: is the Virtual Machine Platform Windows Feature enabled?
[SKIP] DD0021: is the WSL 2 Windows Feature enabled?
[PASS] DD0024: is WSL installed?
[PASS] DD0025: are WSL distros installed?
[PASS] DD0026: is the WSL LxssManager service running?
[PASS] DD0029: is the WSL 2 Linux filesystem corrupt?
[PASS] DD0035: is the VM time synchronized?
[PASS] DD0017: can a VM be started?
[PASS] DD0016: is the LinuxKit VM running?
[PASS] DD0004: is the Docker engine running?
[PASS] DD0015: are the binary symlinks installed?
[PASS] DD0031: does the Docker API work?
[PASS] DD0013: is the $PATH ok?
[PASS] DD0003: is the Docker CLI working?
[PASS] DD0005: is the user in the docker-users group?
[PASS] DD0038: is the connection to Docker working?
[PASS] DD0014: are the backend processes running?
[PASS] DD0007: is the backend responding?
[SKIP] DD0009: is the vpnkit API responding?
[PASS] DD0010: is the Docker API proxy responding?
[SKIP] DD0006: is the Docker Desktop Service responding?
[SKIP] DD0030: is the image access management authorized?
[PASS] DD0033: does the host have Internet access?
[PASS] DD0002: does the bootloader have virtualization enabled?
[PASS] DD0018: does the host support virtualization?
[PASS] DD0001: is the application running?
[PASS] DD0022: is the Virtual Machine Platform Windows Feature enabled?
[PASS] DD0021: is the WSL 2 Windows Feature enabled?
[PASS] DD0024: is WSL installed?
[PASS] DD0025: are WSL distros installed?
[PASS] DD0026: is the WSL LxssManager service running?
[PASS] DD0029: is the WSL 2 Linux filesystem corrupt?
[PASS] DD0035: is the VM time synchronized?
[PASS] DD0017: can a VM be started?
[PASS] DD0016: is the LinuxKit VM running?
[PASS] DD0004: is the Docker engine running?
[PASS] DD0015: are the binary symlinks installed?
[PASS] DD0031: does the Docker API work?
[PASS] DD0032: do Docker networks overlap with host IPs?
No fatal errors detected.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>