docker: failed to register layer: re-exec error: exit status 1: output: ProcessBaseLayer . The system cannot find the path specified

Question

Am trying to pull an image from docker hub.

docker pull zuehlke/shiny

And am facing below error:

docker: failed to register layer: re-exec error: exit status 1: output: ProcessBaseLayer C:\ProgramData\Docker\windowsfilter\d2dab1878cf591d869d33aa2c4cd410cd92614a44c776041c506fc765c1a98f1: The system cannot find the path specified.

Am having Docker for Windows:

docker version

Client:

Version: 17.09.0-ce
API version: 1.32
Go version: go1.8.3
Git commit: afdb6d4
Built: Tue Sep 26 22:40:09 2017
OS/Arch: windows/amd64

Server:

Version: 17.09.0-ce
API version: 1.32 (minimum version 1.24)
Go version: go1.8.3
Git commit: afdb6d4
Built: Tue Sep 26 22:50:27 2017
OS/Arch: windows/amd64
Experimental: true

Thanks in Advance

Answer 1

You have selected Windows Containers at the time of setup rather than Linux Containers so only Windows-based images will run. To resolve this, right-click the tray icon and select 'Switch to Linux Containers' and it will start working.