NeverLock: The Virtual Drinking Bird

A Simple way keep your desktop from going to sleep

Overview:

NeverLock is a Python app that keeps your desktop from going to sleep by periodically pressing keys. This effectively disables auto-lock, screensavers, power-save sleep timers, and usually keeps you active in chat apps. It is written using Python 3 and requries the pyautogui package.

Basic Setup:

1. Make sure you have Python 3 setup correctly
2. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/mptsolutions/NeverLock.git

3. Install pyautogui

pip install pyautogui

Operation

The entire app is contained in the single never_lock.py file, so it can be run as any other basic Python script.

D:\PythonProjects\NeverLock> python never_lock.py

At specific intervals, NeverLock will press the volume down key and then the volume up key. These keys have been chosen because they work on most systems and ensure that no open applications are affected. You can leave NeverLock running even while you are using the computer and it should not have any affect on what you are doing. Note that on some systems a volume adjustment notification will appear on the screen when NeverLock activates. Once running, NeverLock will display its current settings. Press the enter key to stop it.

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*** NeverLock: The Virtual Drinking Bird       ***
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*** Click Frequency: 5 minutes.                ***
*** Run Timer: unlimited minutes.              ***
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*** Press [enter] to stop.                     ***
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Options

Help Menu

The -h command-line argument can be used to see the available command-line options.

D:\PythonProjects\NeverLock> python never_lock.py -h

NeverLock will not run when the help menu is displayed.

*** NeverLock: The Virtual Drinking Bird       ***
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*** Usage Options:                             ***
*** -h: Show the help screen.                  ***
*** -f: Set movement frequency (minutes).      ***
*** -t: Set run timer (minutes).               ***
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Run Timer

The -t command-line argument can be used to set the number of minutes for NeverLock to run.

D:\PythonProjects\NeverLock> python never_lock.py -t 20

When the specified minutes have elapsed, NeverLock will quit on its own. If this argument is not supplied, NeverLock will run indefinitely. To stop NeverLock before the run timer has run out, use ctrl-C.

**************************************************
*** NeverLock: The Virtual Drinking Bird       ***
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*** Click Frequency: 5 minutes.                ***
*** Run Timer: 20 minutes.                     ***
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Frequency

The -f command-line argument can be used to set the number of minutes between key-presses.

D:\PythonProjects\NeverLock> python never_lock.py -f 10

If this argument is not supplied, NeverLock will press keys every 5 minutes.

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*** NeverLock: The Virtual Drinking Bird       ***
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*** Click Frequency: 10 minutes.               ***
*** Run Timer: unlimited minutes.              ***
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*** Press [enter] to stop.                     ***
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