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Creating BC Docker Container Question - Error after Initializing

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Hi 

I am new to BC Docker Container. I tried to follow many different guidelines but I had no success. Basically everything is run and get to Initializing and then it stuck for a long time and then I receive the following error message. 

I have tried to remove all containers, images, remove docker, reinstall docker, use older BC image, use Sandbox and onprem version, download and save image and use saved image, hyperv or process isolation. All guideline I could find but had no success. I cannot pass the Initializing step and always receive the same exact error. 

Any help will greatly appreciate 

Building image took 886 seconds
Using image script18:sandbox-19.3.34541.35905-us
Creating Container bcdev20
Style: sandbox
Multitenant: No
Version: 19.3.34541.35905
Platform: 19.0.34506.35781
Generic Tag: 1.0.2.1
Container OS Version: 10.0.19041.1415 (2004)
Host OS Version: 10.0.19044.1526 (21H2)
Using process isolation
Using locale en-US
Disabling the standard eventlog dump to container log every 2 seconds (use -dumpEventLog to enable)
Files in C:\ProgramData\BcContainerHelper\Extensions\bcdev20\my:
- AdditionalOutput.ps1
- MainLoop.ps1
- SetupNavUsers.ps1
- SetupVariables.ps1
- updatehosts.ps1
Creating container bcdev20 from image script18:sandbox-19.3.34541.35905-us
b489cfe8e636f76a63be9cfe4167564a7d09b84bdc06ffd3523d1b9954ae2c1b
Waiting for container bcdev20 to be ready
Initializing...Error
Initializing...
New-BcContainer Telemetry Correlation Id: 18004b7a-13b0-481c-bfc4-a8a3a480fb1a
Initialization of container bcdev20 failed
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\BcContainerHelper\3.0.1\ContainerHandling\Wait-NavContainerReady.ps1:42 char:17
+ ... throw "Initialization of container $containerName failed" ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (Initialization ... bcdev20 failed:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Initialization of container bcdev20 failed

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    1,191 Moderator on at

    In case you don't get any help with the BC container helper in the forum you might find some help here:

    github.com/.../issues

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