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Reputation: 437

Can pyautogui be used to prevent windows screen lock?

I tried to use this script to prevent windows screen lock. The script works for moving the mouse, but it doesn't prevent windows 10 from locking.

import pyautogui
import time
import win32gui, win32con
import os

Minimize = win32gui.GetForegroundWindow()
win32gui.ShowWindow(Minimize, win32con.SW_MINIMIZE)

x = 1

while x == 1:
    pyautogui.moveRel(1)
    pyautogui.moveRel(-1)
    time.sleep (300)

Upvotes: 25

Views: 18145

Answers (2)

Dániel Nagy
Dániel Nagy

Reputation: 131

import ctypes

# prevent
ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetThreadExecutionState(0x80000002)
# set back to normal
ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetThreadExecutionState(0x80000000)

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winbase/nf-winbase-setthreadexecutionstate

Tested on python 3.9.1, win 10 64bit

Upvotes: 13

Shahriar Rahman Zahin
Shahriar Rahman Zahin

Reputation: 642

Yes it can. But sadly not by moving mouse which I don't know why and would like to know. So, my suggestion is to use pyautogui KEYBOARD EVENTS if possible. I have solved my problems by using VOLUME-UP & VOLUME-DOWN keys. Example code is provided below:

import pyautogui
import time

while True:
    pyautogui.press('volumedown')
    time.sleep(1)
    pyautogui.press('volumeup')
    time.sleep(5)

You can use any other keys if you want.

Upvotes: 26

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