Docker error – No activity detected on VM, aborting

Recently I upgraded docker for windows to latest version 18.06.0-ce-win72 and it started giving below error in visual studio.

No activity detected on VM, aborting
at Docker.Core.Pipe.NamedPipeClient.Send(String action, Object[] parameters) in C:\gopath\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.Core\pipe\NamedPipeClient.cs:line 36
at Docker.Actions.<>c__DisplayClass24_0.<SwitchDaemon>b__0() in C:\gopath\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.Windows\Actions.cs:line 272
at Docker.WPF.TaskQueue.<>c__DisplayClass19_0.<.ctor>b__1() in C:\gopath\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.WPF\TaskQueue.cs:line 59

Windows Version: 10
Docker for Windows CE Version: 18.06.0-ce-win72 2018-07-26

Till time issue is fixed,  solutions are:
1. Revert back to last stable version 18.03.1
2. OR Reset to factory settings (option available under Settings menu of Docker for windows)

Author: Bhimraj Ghadge

Passionate about everything related Microsoft technologies, particularly ASP.net and SQL server..

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