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I have installed Docker for Windows (running Windows 10). Out of the box, Docker would not install an image on Hyper-V but I was able to get it work.

Edit: I acquired Kitematic via the link from this screen:

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Upon clicking download, I get a zip file via http.

Next, I copied Kitematic zip contents to c:\program files\docker\kitematic. When I run Kitematic from Docker menu, it gives me an error stating:

VirtualBox is not installed. Please install it via the Docker Toolbox.

I don't want to use VirtualBox, if at all possible because I have other software that uses Hyper-V.

Is it possible to get Kitematic to use Hyper-V?

Thanks,

Abdulrahman Bres
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tatmanblue
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  • Did you instal kitematic from its setup? – Tarun Lalwani Aug 31 '17 at 18:42
  • If you mean from Docker Toolbox, no. My understanding is Docker Toolbox isn't required for windows 10. The link I found through the docker for windows app, gave me a zip file, which I copied to location specified by docker for windows – tatmanblue Aug 31 '17 at 19:57
  • I install toolbox and now Kitematic works fine for me on Native Hyper-V setup also. It has settings to use Virtualbox or native VM – Tarun Lalwani Aug 31 '17 at 20:10
  • I installed docker toolbox (on windows 10) and it still tried to use virtual box: Command failed: C:\Program Files\Docker Toolbox\docker-machine.exe -D create -d virtualbox ..... – tatmanblue Aug 31 '17 at 20:49
  • I installed it yesterday to check on my WIndows 10 laptop and it works fine, so not sure why you getting that error – Tarun Lalwani Sep 01 '17 at 05:15
  • Try installing it from this link `https://download.docker.com/win/stable/DockerToolbox.exe` – Tarun Lalwani Sep 01 '17 at 07:13

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You only need to delete Kitematic folder in %APPDATA% (C:\Users\{User}\AppData\Roaming) and run Kitematic again.

Johnny Bui
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Next scenario worked for me:

  1. disable hyper-v feature in windows
  2. reinstall docker toolbox with Kitematic
  3. reboot PC
  4. run Kitematic
  5. got to Settings -> uncheck "use virtualbox instead of native on next restart"
  6. enable hyper-v back
  7. restart PC
  8. start Docker for windows
  9. run Kitematic

Some of these steps may be redundant but it helped in my case. I believe there must be some file or setting to tell Kitematic to use hyper-V instead of virtualbox provider but I wasn't managed to find another way of changing it.

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