Error: System cannot find file specified open //./pipe/docker_engine

Docker Desktop
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Version: 2.4.0.0(48506)
Engine:19.03.13
Windows 10

I am getting the following error when I try to run the basic docker run hello-world using a Windows command line as an administrator. Also am running Docker Desktop as an adminstrator.

docker: error during connect: Post http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.40/containers/create: 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.
See ‘docker run --help’.

Any help on this would be appreciated. Also I cannot currently uninstall Docker so I can try reinstall. Also cannot Reset It Back To Factory Settings. Both options fail for me.

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I also get this error when trying to run the Docker engine directly.

:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources>dockerd.exe
time=“2020-10-30T09:23:00.630923800-07:00” level=info msg=“Starting up”
time=“2020-10-30T09:23:00.637889800-07:00” level=info msg=“Windows default isolation mode: hyperv”
time=“2020-10-30T09:23:00.654110400-07:00” level=info msg=“Loading containers: start.”
time=“2020-10-30T09:23:00.655107600-07:00” level=info msg=“Restoring existing overlay networks from HNS into docker”
failed to start daemon: Error initializing network controller: failed during hnsCallRawResponse: hnsCall failed in Win32: The dependency service or group failed to start. (0x42c)