Docker on windows fails with error 'error during connect: This error may indicate that the docker daemon is not running.: Post http://,***** pen //./pipe/docker_engine: The system cannot find the file specified.

 Error: error during connect: This error may indicate that the docker daemon is not running.: Post http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.24/images/create?fromImage=gajuambi%2Fshorty&tag=latest: open //./pipe/docker_engine: The system cannot find the file specified.

github issue: https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/1825

solution which worked for me:

1. Launch docker for desktop
2. settings
3. check Expose daemon on tcp://localhost:2375 without TLS