docker cannot start on windows

Question

Executing docker version returns the following results.

C:\\Projects> docker version
Client:
 Version:      1.13.0-dev
 API version:  1.25
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Answer 1

Try resolving the issue with either of the following options:

Option A

Start-Service "Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management"
Start-Service "Hyper-V Host Compute Service"

or

Option B

1. Open "Window Security"

2. Open "App & Browser control"

3. Click "Exploit protection settings" at the bottom

4. Switch to "Program settings" tab

5. Locate "C:\WINDOWS\System32\vmcompute.exe" in the list and expand it

6. Click "Edit"

7. Scroll down to "Code flow guard (CFG)" and uncheck "Override system settings"

8. Start vmcompute from powershell "net start vmcompute"

9. Then restart your system