Hosting GUI application in Docker windows

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#This is my Docker file which runs on windows Container

FROM Microsoft Artifact Registry
ADD https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe /vc_redist.x64.exe
RUN C:\VC_redist.x64.exe /install /quiet
ADD ./MFCDemo.exe /MFCDemo.exe
CMD C:\MFCDemo.exe

I am trying to run Demo MFC executable in the Windows docker container

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I was able to create an image in the docker, but when I am executing it, there is no output or any popup.
Can you please tell me what to do?

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We discussed it many times on the forum. You can’t have GUI in Windows containers. I found an other source from Microsoft forum too:

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We can run any application in Docker as long as it can be installed and executed unattended, although we can not see the GUI.