I was trying many ways. Reinstall many time. But I am not able to run docker windows container. I use windows 11 Docker version : 4.20.1 In my machine linux container works. But when I switch to windows one it give me following error when I run docker version command. error during connect: in th…

[image] keyur9874: in the default daemon configuration on Windows, the docker client must be run with elevated privileges to connect: Are you trying this with an admin account? [image] Install Docker Desktop on Windows Get started with Docker for Windows. This guide covers system…

Thanks for reply. I can not able to see any user group in computer management. And also I use only one user which one is admin. [image]

[image] keyur9874: And also I use only one user which one is admin. Then I’m sorry, but I don’t know why you get the error message. Maybe an antivirus blocked some Docker services. It happened before. You could try to temporarily disable your antivirus preferrably without connecting to the in…

I was getting the same issue solved it by simple steps [image] Just open docker desktop–>settings–>general–>tick the field expose daemon on tcp–>apply&restart That’s it now run your command in terminal most probably it will word.

It is worth noting that it makes Docker available to any user on the machine, but if it really listens on localhost only, the risk is minimal.

Thanks ashish it solved my issue .

Error when trying to run Windows containers: docker client must be run with elevated privileges

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sanchoibanez (Manolo Sancho Ibanez) March 11, 2025, 6:48am 8

You are a life saver thank you!

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