Windows 10: Is Cortana App Required for Alarms & Clocks App to function correctly??...

Hello to all, Just wondering if on Windows 10 20H2 Pro 64 Bit, Is Cortana App required for Alarms & Clocks App to function correctly say like for example to set the alarm under Alarms & Clocks App and then alarm sounds correctly at a specific time say like for example: Sunday at 10:28AM the alarm would normally sound if enabled and working correctly???.... Anyways, Thanks for listening and Have a wonderful day there as well..

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Hidden / Phantom Alarm in Alarms & Clock App

Right now I've deleted all alarms in my Alarms & Clock app, but alarms still go off during the times of the deleted alarms (which were recurring alarms). Before I deleted the recurring alarms, I was seeing each alarm go off twice (one after another) - they
must've been different alarms because one alarm was with the sound I selected while the other was the default sound.

Trying to remember what happened before all of this started...

1) I updated to 10586.29, everything was fine...

2) Then I went into the Cortana app and Cortana suggested adding a new (one time) alarm for an early morning appointment I had the next day (which my existing / recurring alarm would not be early enough for).

3) While trying to add the one time alarm I got an error (don't remember the error text).

4) Went back into the Cortana app to retry adding the one time alarm and was successful.

5) *I think* (memory is fuzzy) after this point when I went back into the Alarms & Clock app I only saw the one time alarm that I had just set, and the 3 pre-existing / recurring alarms I had were not listed.

6) Thinking the pre-existing alarms were really deleted, I went ahead and re-added them.

After that I noticed that I was getting duplicate alarms, and now that I've deleted all the alarms listed in the Alarms & Clock App, I'm getting "phantom" or "hidden" alarms that continually go off and I don't know how to turn them off / delete them (or
better yet, have them show up in the Alarms & Clock App so I can manage them there).

Info:

Lumia 950

OS build: 10.0.10586.29

 

Alarms and Clock app not working in Windows 10

Certain features of the Alarms and Clock app are not working in Windows 10.

The main reason I use this app is for the Timer, which currently is not working.

• I cannot create a new timer.
• I cannot remove the default timer that is there when the app is first run.
• I cannot edit the default timer

I have read the " Fix problems with apps from Microsoft Store" article and tried the following steps.

• Checking for updates.
• Resetting the app.
• Running the app troubleshooter

None of this has fixed the issue I am facing. The Alarm function of this app is also showing the exact same issues.

Please advise.

 

Windows Alarms & Clock app seems to update correctly in Windows Store but never really installs

Hi Matthew,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

I understand the inconvenience you are facing with Alarm and Clock app, try the below and check if it helps.

I would like to inform that, you need to close the Windows Store and other apps before executing
the PowerShell command. Also, sign-out and sign-in before installing the apps from the store.
I suggest you to take this as a precaution before performing the troubleshooting steps.

Step 1: To uninstall Alarm and Clock app
follow the below steps.

• Press Windows key, type
  Windows PowerShell and select Run as administrator.
• Enter the command: “get-appxpackage *Microsoft.WindowsAlarms* | remove-appxpackage” (Without quotes) on the
  PowerShell and hit Enter.

This will uninstall the Alarm and Clock app and then you can reinstall the app from Windows Store. Before re-installing, I suggest you to perform
Step 2 and proceed.

Step 2: Run
WSReset.exe .

• Press Windows+R key to open
  Run box
• Enter wsreset.exe in the Run command and then click
  OK.
• Restart your computer and install the app.

Hope it helps. Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We will be glad to assist you.