Docker for Windows error Hardware assisted virtualization and data execution protection must be enabled in the BIOS

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I ve installed Docker and I m getting this error when I run the GUI      Hardware assisted virtualization and data execution protection must   be enabled in the BIOS   Seems like a bug since Docker works like a charm from the command line  but I m wondering if anyone has a clue about why this is happening   Before you ask  yes  I ve enabled virtualization in the BIOS and the Intel Processor Identification Utility confirms that it s activated  Docker  docker-machine and docker-compose all work from the command line  Virtualbox works  running Docker from a Debian or Ubuntu VM works   There s just this weird issue about the GUI   My specs    Windows 10 Pro x64 Anniversary Edition Intel core i5-6300HQ   2 30GHz

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In my case I had to enable virtualization in the BIOS setting.

Restart PC
While you are on the 'restart' screen press any of these keys and you enter the bios settings in windows: esc, f1, f2, f3, f4, f8 or delete
For intel based systems:
- press f7 (advanced mode)
- go to advanced
- cpa configuration
- enable virtualization

And after all above steps, it finally works :-)

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Try this in PowerShell admin enabled     Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature    Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V    All -NoRestart   This will install HyperVisor without management tools  and then you can run Docker after this

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Can you try enabling Hyper-V manually  and potentially creating and running a Hyper-V VM manually  Details    https   docs docker com docker-for-windows   what-to-know-before-you-install https   msdn microsoft com en-us virtualization hyperv on windows quick start walkthrough install

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I have tried many suggestions above but docker keeps complaining about hardware assisted virtualization error  Virtualization is enabled in BIOS  and also Hyper-V is installed and enabled  After a few try and errors  I eventually downloaded coreinfo tool and found out that Hypervisor was not actually enabled  Using ISE  64 bit  as admin and run command from above Solution B and that enables Hypervisor successfully  checked via coreinfo -v again   After restart  docker is now running successfully

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Silverstorm   I had Hyperv installed and virtualization enabled in my BIOS   But SOLUTION A didn t work for me   However  SOLUTION B worked like a charm   SOLUTION B  If Hyper-V feature is already enabled but doesn t work   Enable Hypervisor with  bcdedit  set hypervisorlaunchtype auto Now restart the system and try again

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If the features described are enabled the problem is with Hyper-V that is disabled or Hypervisor agent not running  SOLUTION A  If Hyper-V is totally disabled or not installed    Open PowerShell as administrator and  Enable Hyper-V with  dism exe  Online  Enable-Feature Microsoft-Hyper-V  All   SOLUTION B  If Hyper-V feature is already enabled but doesn t work   Enable Hypervisor with  bcdedit  set hypervisorlaunchtype auto   Now restart the system and try again   SOLUTION C  If the problem persists probably Hyper-V on your system is corrupted  so    Go in Control Panel -   Programs  -   Windows Features  and completely uncheck all Hyper-V related components  Restart the system    Enable Hyper-V again  Restart    NOTE 1   Hyper-V needs hardware virtualization as prerequisite  Make sure your PC supports it  if yes and still won t work there is the possibility your BIOS is not configured correctly and this feature is disabled  In this case  check  enable it and try again  The virtualization features could be reported under different names according the platform used  e g if you don t see any option that uses virtualization label explicitly  on AMD you have to check SVM feature state  on Intel the VT-x feature state     NOTE 2   Hyper-V can be installed only with some version e g       Windows 10 Enterprise  Windows 10 Professional  Windows 10 Education    Hyper-V cannot be installed on cheaper or mobile Windows versions e g       Windows 10 Home  Windows 10 Mobile  Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise

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I uninstalled Intel HAXM and VirtualBox  Docker now runs

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For me  all I had to do it uninstalling VMware   Docker now is running

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Below is working solution for me  please follow these steps   Open PowerShell as administrator or CMD prompt as administrator  Run this command in PowerShell-  bcdedit  set hypervisorlaunchtype auto Now restart the system and try again    cheers

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I tried many of the suggestions here  but did not manage to get it running  What worked for me in the end was to go straight in to the BIOS to activate it  The following article was of great help  https   www nextofwindows com how-to-enable-configure-and-use-hyper-v-on-windows-10

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If the problem persists probably Hyper-V on your system is corrupted  so Go in Control Panel - gt   Programs  - gt   Windows Features  and completely uncheck all Hyper-V related components  Restart the system  Enable Hyper-V again  Restart

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If everything is fine with BIOS option I just forced disabling and enabling all HyperV features and this solved my issue --cmd  Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-All --restart Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V    All

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Try these steps   Run this command in powershell --- bcdedit  set hypervisorlaunchtype auto Restart your PC Now try docker --version in cmd line

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In my case even though I used all the solutions mentioned above but nothing worked for me  So I decided to uninstall docker and install it again  Now in the process  I have noticed that I did not check Use Windows containers instead of Linux containers  this can be changed after installation  in my previous installation  and that is why I got the problem above and the solutions still did not fix it  So ensure to check it before you run desktop docker or uninstall it and install it again by checking this option

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Issue for me was solved when I uninstalled Cygwin

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Open the task manager and click on the performance tab  If virtualization is disabled  you need to follow the instructions here to enable it  https   blogs technet microsoft com canitpro 2015 09 08 step-by-step-enabling-hyper-v-for-use-on-windows-10

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Besides the original answer  I have done the following    Disable Hyper-V in Windows Features Turning virtualization off and on in BIOS Log back in windows  enabled Hyper-V  I was prompted there are updates for Hyper-V and I did the update  Restart when prompted  It worked

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I had the same issue after installing VMWare  I uninstalled it but this didn t fix the issue  Solution for me  in  quot Turn windows features on or off quot  I turned off   hyper-v containers windows subsystem for linux  then restart After the restart I got this message from docker   I ran the ran the command as said in the message Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName    quot VirtualMachinePlatform quot    quot Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux quot    Then restart and voil    Docker was back with WSL2

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I also use vagrant  It appears I can only use 1 thing at a time  Uninstalling vagrant virtualBox allowed me to run docker and vise versa

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In my case I had to uninstall hyper-v  restart pc  and run docker again

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