Docker Failed to Initialize on Windows

Ayush

06 Jan 2022, 20:29 UTC

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I have problem regarding pulling docker-dev in a docker image for making my development environment. When I tried to pull docker-dev, I got an error like "docker manifest not found."

Can anyone help me out with this error?

I want to know about the docker failed to initialize error which I'm getting right now.

The error is like this:

I tried so many things like re-installing the docker desktop or WSL updates, but none of those worked.

The error in the command is like this:

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tmBlackCape

10 Jan 2022, 10:53 UTC

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Got the same issue and fixed it by deleting %appdata%\Docker as mentioned by Github User "tocklime"

(Original Source : https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/3088)

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AyushPermalink

08 Jan 2022, 01:17 UTC

Its showing same error as for the connection PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> docker login Login with your Docker ID to push and pull images from Docker Hub. If you don't have a Docker ID, head over to hub.docker.com to create one. Username: ********* Password: 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/auth": open //./pipe/docker_engine: The system cannot find the file specified. @Facty

anandhuPermalink

09 Jan 2022, 06:05 UTC

Hi did you resolve this. I am also getting same error. Stragely enough you have posted the question 6 days ago, very recently

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