# DevKinsta / Docker stopped working and won't restart

**URL:** <https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-docker-stopped-working-and-wont-restart/4898>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [March 12, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-docker-stopped-working-and-wont-restart/4898 "2025-03-12T10:56:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Stuart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@Stuart](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Stuart)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-docker-stopped-working-and-wont-restart/4898/1 "2025-03-12T10:56:53Z")

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**Q: Date/Time this occurred (Provide your time zone also)**  
**A: [2025-03-12 10:39:49.500]**

**Q: DevKinsta Version**  
**A: Can’t check because it no longer opens**

**Q: OS Version**  
**A: Windows 11**

**Q: Docker Desktop Version**  
**A: Can’t check because it no longer opens**

**Q: Were any error codes or messages observed? If so, what were they?**  
**A: [2025-03-12 10:39:49.500] [error] Error: Command failed: docker info  
‘docker’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,  
operable program or batch file.**

**Q: Detailed Description of the Problem**  
**A: DevKinsta & Docker crashed this morning. Neither will reopen. DevKinsta gets stuck on “Starting Docker”**

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**Author:** ![jackirish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/jackirish/32/1361_2.png) [@jackirish](https://community.kinsta.com/u/jackirish)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-docker-stopped-working-and-wont-restart/4898/2 "2025-03-12T22:10:29Z")

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Hi @Stuart ! 👋 Welcome to the Kinsta Community.

Can you please check and make sure that Docker is added to the system PATH environment variable?

You’ll need to add these two paths:

```auto
C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\bin
C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop\version-bin

```

The way to add it to the system environment variables is:

1. Press the `Windows` key or click on the Start Menu
2. Type `env`, and the search should show a menu item called `Edit the system environment variables`; open that window
3. In that window near the bottom, click the button labeled `Environment variables`
4. In the lower box called `System variables`, select `Path` and click `Edit`.
5. Click `New` to add a new path, to add both of the paths listed above
6. Select `OK` to save the setting.

And then please try to launch DevKinsta again.

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**Author:** ![Stuart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@Stuart](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Stuart)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 8:31am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-docker-stopped-working-and-wont-restart/4898/3 "2025-03-13T08:31:06Z")

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Hi, thanks for your reply.  
I ended up having to reinstall Docker - all seems to work okay now.

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**Author:** ![Agus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/agus/32/1515_2.png) [@Agus](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Agus)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-docker-stopped-working-and-wont-restart/4898/4 "2025-03-14T02:17:28Z")

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Hi Stuart!

Thank you for your reply and update! 😃  
Glad to hear that all seem to be OK now after you reinstalled Docker! 👍

I will close this thread now. Feel free to open new thread if there’s any new case/issue and we will be happy to help/assist 🙏

Best regards  
Agus Utomo

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/kinsta/original/2X/8/80f8c4e56fecc02327a0964e6bf63a716483529f.png) [@system](https://community.kinsta.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-docker-stopped-working-and-wont-restart/4898/5 "2025-03-16T14:17:45Z")

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