Stop ‘Hung’ docker container with status=created

I have also encountered this a few times. What I did to stop the ‘hung’ container was –

1. docker ps to display container ID
2. net stop docker – stop docker engine (Note all containers will stop)
3. Delete folder in c:\programdata\docker\containers whose name starts with the ID from step 1
4. net start docker – start docker engine

Unfortunately the docker service still has to be stopped and started but at least I didn’t have to re-install.

NOTE: Above steps and process is for Windows Server.