I have installed Docker in my windows 10 machine.
When i open power-shell and check docker version it shows below
PS C:\Users\XXXXX> docker --version
Docker version 19.03.4, build 9013bf5
But when i ran Docker images or docker run it did not worked
PS C:\Users\XXXXX> docker images
error during connect: Get http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.40/images/json: open
//./pipe/docker_engine: The system cannot find the file specified. In the
default daemon configuration on Windows, the docker client must be run elevated to connect. This
error may also indicate that the docker daemon is not running.
For Docker run
PS C:\Users\XXXX> docker run hello-world
docker : C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Resources\bin\docker.exe: error during connect: Post
http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.40/containers/create: open //./pipe/docker_engine: The
system cannot find
the file specified. In the default daemon configuration on Windows, the docker client must be run
elevated to connect. This error may also indicate that the docker daemon is not running.
I am not getting if docker is installed then why docker images and docker run are not working ?
Make sure the Docker service is runnig.
(1) Go to Services.
(2) Check service Docker for Windows is running.
You can stop/start the service as well using below commands in command prompt.
Net stop com.docker.service
Net start com.docker.service
Refer article : https://success.docker.com/article/docker-for-windows-fails-with-a-daemon-not-running-message