title: How to get docker toolbox to work with .net core 2.0 project
body: <p>I'm getting an error trying to use the Docker functionality with my .NET core 2.0 project. I've been getting an error message saying </p>
  
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    <p>Visual Studio Container Tools requires Docker to be running before
    building, debugging or running a containerized project. For more info,
    please see: <a href="http://aka.ms/DockerToolsTroubleshooting" rel="noreferrer">http://aka.ms/DockerToolsTroubleshooting</a></p>
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  <p>I followed the link, and upon realizing I have Windows 10 Home x64, and had to install Docker Toolbox, instead of Docker For Windows. Now it installed this executable called </p>
  
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    <p>Docker Quickstart Terminal</p>
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  <p>Is this the way one is supposed to start up that docker services? I have tried running this executable, and it seems to be working. My containers are running, but the error for Visual Studio Container Tools still persists. </p>
  
  <p>What am I missing? Is having a version of windows higher than Home required in order to use the Docker Container Support within Visual Studio 2017?</p>
  
  <p>UPDATE:</p>
  
  <p>I tried to follow Quetzcoatl's suggestion, and I am still getting the same error within visual studio about those tools. Here is what I ran in the Docker Quick Start Terminal. I tried building the project after Visual Studio successfully opened the project, and was still getting the aforementioned error regarding the container tools.</p>
  
  <p>My devenv.exe file is located at </p>
  
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    <p>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe</p>
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  <p>and my solution file is located at </p>
  
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    <p>D:\Development\Visual Studio\Musify2\Musify2\Musify2.sln</p>
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  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/epqfT.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/epqfT.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p><strong>UPDATE 2:</strong></p>
  
  <p>I ran some of the suggested commands to try in the docker quickstart terminal and here were the results of those commands quetz<a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/nowpc.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/nowpc.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>