I cannot run Docker in Windows 11

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I had Windows 10 and Docker. It worked good.
Then I have upgraded Windows 10-> Windows 11.
All is ok, but Docker Desktop displays: “Docker engine starting” and it did not complete.
After analyze I have detected that the service is not running

Hyper-V Host Compute Service Error: 0x800700005 Access denied
I think it is the real reason.

I understand that this is not Docker specific but I did not find any solutions.
May be somebody here had a simple problem and knows how to solve it.
Thank you!

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What is your Docker Desktop version? I upgraded my Windows 10 to Windows 11 without any problem but I use the WSL2 backend for Linux containers. What do you use Docker for? Windows containers or Linux containers?

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I have uninstalled\installed the Docker, now I have the latest version.
Usually I use containers for Linux and sometimes for windows. Just now I try to run Linux containers.
Also, I have tried to switch Docker to Windows etc, but it does not work because of Hyper-V service.

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I run Docker Desktop as Administrator

docker run hello-world
docker: error during connect: In the default daemon configuration on Windows, the docker client must be run with elevated privileges to connect.: Post “http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.24/containers/create”: open //./pipe/docker_engine: The system cannot find the file specified.

What file it cannot find?

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It probably refers to the pipe: open //./pipe/docker_engine:. It can mean the windows service for Docker is not running. But I am not sure

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I try yo reset the Docker setting in Docker Desktop:

Docker.Core.HttpBadResponseException:
Sequence contains no elements
   at Docker.Core.Logging.HttpClientExceptionInterceptor.<InterceptResponseAsync>d__0.MoveNext() in C:\workspaces\4.3.x\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.Core\Logging\HttpClientExceptionInterceptor.cs:line 17
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Docker.Core.IPC.Client.<SendAsync>d__5.MoveNext() in C:\workspaces\4.3.x\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.Core\IPC\Client.cs:line 42

…
I cannot attach full stack because site restricts my possibilities

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I assume it was because you insrted code containing URLs, without using the code block button </> so the URLs were converted to clickable links. I fixed your post.

I know this is not the kind of solution you are looking for, but have you tried to reinstall Docker? The success of the upgrade may depend on the original configuration.

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Yes, I have Uninstalled the Docker, then installed it again, but the same result:
Windows could not start Hyper-V Host Computer Service on local computer:
Error: 0x80070005 Access is denied.
I think it is the reason why Docker cannot start

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Did you solve it? After reading an other issue I thought I mention deleting every folder related to Docker between uninstalling and reinstalling Docker.

  • C:/Users/<yourusername>/.docker
  • C:/ProgramData/Docker
  • C:/ProgramData/DockerDesktop

These are the folders I found but Microsoft has documentation about uninstalling Docker and cleaning up data

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I have made as you wrote and uninstall and install again the Docker.
Now:

docker --version
Docker version 20.10.11, build dea9396

docker run hello-world
docker: error during connect: In the default daemon configuration on Windows, the docker client must be run with elevated privileges to connect.: Post “http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.24/containers/create”: open //./pipe/docker_engine: The system cannot find the file specified.
See ‘docker run --help’.

What can I fix yet?