Docker client must be run elevated to connect

Docker Desktop
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Installed as Administrator
OS: (Get-WMIObject Win32_OperatingSystem).Version
10.0.17763

docker< any command> : returns the following:
.error during connect: Get http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.39/containers/json: open //./pipe/docker_engine: The system cannot find the file specified. In the default daemon configuration on Windows, the docker client must be run elevated to connect. This error may also indicate that the docker daemon is not running.

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For future readers –
I was also getting this problem and was only able to solve it after starting the Docker Desktop.