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Docker and Windows - A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time

I installed the docker toolbox but when i try to create a container it gives me that error. The version is returned but it's not possible to create a container.

OS: Windows 10 Home

ERROR: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
I had the same problem with Docker Desktop (Year 2021).
None of the solutions worked. Finally I tried the following and it worked.
Remove the following environment variable from windows
DOCKER_HOST
In docker desktop settings enable the following option
Expose daemon on tcp://localhost:2375 without TLS
                That worked like charm, thank you so much. And I didn't even exposed daemon. removing the DOCKER_HOST only did the trick :)
– Naveen Goyal
                Feb 1, 2022 at 16:09
Other resources suggested to deinstall and install docker for windows or the toolbox again, or said you couldn't run both at the same time. But that was not the problem for me. Turns out I just needed to update VirtualBox 6.0 to 6.1.
TLDR;
Is your docker vm even running? Are you using a troublesome VirtualBox version? Update!
                Hi! Thanks for the answer. It's been a while since I had this problem and I gave up back then. But I'll try it again! Thanks
– Laura Beatris
                Aug 13, 2020 at 10:30
                In my case it was second docker-compose running. Stopping it was not enough - I had to also restart Windows.
– pmaruszczyk
                Sep 7, 2022 at 10:01
        
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