cannot install docker on windows 10

Question

I am pretty new to docker with windows. I had not problem with it on my personal mac. However, I have been unable to get docker to run correctly on windows 10.

I have followed along the accepted stack overflow answer Cannot start docker after installation on Windows .

However, when I run

docker-machine ls

I get

NAME      ACTIVE   DRIVER       STATE     URL   SWARM   DOCKER    ERRORS
default            not found    Error                             open C:\Users\Steve\.docker\machine\machines\default\config.json: The system cannot find the file specified.
test      -        virtualbox   Stopped                 Unknown

I can see that the DRIVER is not found and that config.json cannot be found.

I tried uninstalling docker toolbox but that did not make a difference. There seems to be multiple additional issues when I check docker-machine . Not sure though how to get past this.

Answer 1

• first,you should reboot your win10 computer (to make your env variable valid.
• second,run docker-machine rm -f default in your computer commandline.
• last,double click Docker Quickstart Terminal and waiting to auto complete.and it will be ok.

Answer 2

Here are the steps if you are trying like me with windows:

1. Open Windows defender

2. Disable Ransomeware protection

3. Install Docker

4. optional back Ransomeware protection