How to Solve Error Message Docker Failed to Start

Introduction

This is another article which is also focusing on how to solve an error message appear upon executing Docker Desktop application. Actually, an error appear upon executing a docker command. This is an error appear after another error. That error is an error which is already exist in the previous article for a topic discussion. That article is an article with the title of ‘How to Solve Error Message error during connect: In the default daemon configuration on Windows, the docker client must be run with elevated privileges to connect.: Get “http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.24/containers/json?all=1”: open //./pipe/docker_engine: The system cannot find the file specified when Running Docker Desktop Application’. Furthermore, that article exist in this link. Actually, the error appear as in the following command :

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.628]
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C:\Users\Administrator>cd \

C:\>docker container list --all
error during connect: In the default daemon configuration on Windows, the docker client must be run with elevated privileges to connect.: Get "http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.24/containers/json?all=1": open //./pipe/docker_engine: The system cannot find the file specified.

C:\>

Apparently, a solution to change the Docker Engine’s setting for the attribute of ‘experimental’ from ‘false’ to true is causing the error message. The following is the appearance of it :

Solution

The solution for solving the problem is by changing it back to the other value of the parameter ‘experimental’ from ‘true’ to ‘false’. So, in order to solve the problem exist, the following are the sequence activities to do it :

1. So, first of all, just change the ‘experimental’ parameter from ‘true’ to ‘false’ as follows :

   

2. After changing it from ‘true’ to ‘false’ in the ‘experimental’ parameter, there is an error appear as follow :

   

3. In order to stay away from the hassle to troubleshoot, the choice is to click the button with the label ‘Reset to factory defaults’. The following image which is actually a window dialog box will appear :

   

   Just click the button with the label ‘Reset’. It will reset all the Docker Desktop’s application into the factory default. The following image is appear as an information :

   

   If the reset process is a success, the following image of the Docker Desktop application appears :