Can the "Alarm & Clock" application be executed via command line?

I would like to be able to quickly set a timer using the Alarms & Clock app in Windows 10. Ideally, I would prefer to press the Win key and type something to create (and potentially start) a timer, using an argument I could provide.

Is this possible? Is there already a means of doing so, or can I create a *.bat executable to accomplish this? How would I approach this?

Alarms & Clock


To launch the Alarm app of Windows 10 run this command:

explorer.exe shell:Appsfolder\Microsoft.WindowsAlarms_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App

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The Alarm app settings are stored in \Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsAlarms_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\Alarms\ in the Alarms.json file (condensed JSON format).

When I added an entry to Alarms.json manually and then opened the Alarms app via shell link (explorer.exe shell:Appsfolder\Microsoft.WindowsAlarms_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App) the new Alarm entry showed up.

Not sure if this exactly answers your question since you'd have to script the manual work I did to the file but it is possible with the steps here.

Hope that helps!

EDIT: Re-read your question and noticed you wished to create a Timer instead of an Alarm. Timers are stored in the same format as Alarms in the file Timers.json under similar path \Users\&lt;user&gt;>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsAlarms_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\Timers\