Start Docker Windows

Suppose you want to uninstall Docker Desktop from your Windows Home machine, follow the steps mentioned below: Go to the Windows Start menu, choose Settings Apps Apps & features. Now, choose Docker Desktop from the Apps & features list and click on Uninstall. Just checking the Task Manager should help people if they should use Docker for Windows or the Docker Toolbox. Current 'Getting Started' says this - Docker for Windows requires 64bit Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise and Education (1511 November update, Build 10586 or later) and Microsoft Hyper-V. This is with more recent versions of Docker for Windows Desktop (Docker Community Edition 2.0.0.3 2019-02-15) net stop docker net stop com.docker.service taskkill /IM 'dockerd.exe' /F taskkill /IM 'Docker for Windows.exe' /F net start docker net start com.docker.service 'c: program files docker docker Docker for Windows.exe'. The exercise will walk through creating and running Linux containers on Windows 10. In this quick start you will accomplish: Installing Docker Desktop; Running a simple Linux container; This quick start is specific to Windows 10. Additional quick start documentation can be found in the table of contents on the left-hand side of this page. Sign in with your Docker ID.

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The exercise will walk through creating and running Linux containers on Windows 10.

In this quick start you will accomplish:

Installing Docker Desktop
Running a simple Linux container

This quick start is specific to Windows 10. Additional quick start documentation can be found in the table of contents on the left-hand side of this page.

Prerequisites

Please make sure you meet the following requirements:

One physical computer system running Windows 10 Professional, Windows 10 Enterprise, or WindowsServer 2019 version 1809 or later
Make sure Hyper-V is enabled.

Install Docker Desktop

Download Docker Desktop and run the installer (You will be required to login. Create an account if you don't have one already). Detailed installation instructions are available in the Docker documentation.

Run Your First Linux Container

In order to run Linux containers, you need to make sure Docker is targeting the correct daemon. You can toggle this by selecting Switch to Linux Containers from the action menu when clicking on the Docker whale icon in the system tray. If you see Switch to Windows Containers, then you are already targeting the Linux daemon.

Once you've confirmed you are targeting the correc daemon, run the container with the following command:

The container should run, print 'hello_world', then exit.