Awake-Windows

A simple background utility that prevents Windows from going to sleep or locking the screen after inactivity, even if this behavior is enforced by a system administrator.

Usage

Build your own executable on Windows using Go 1.25 or later:

go build -o awake.exe main.go

Or download the awake.zip artifact from the latest release, unpack awake.exe file and place it in a desired location (%USERPROFILE% usually is a good choice), and run it.

The utility runs in the background until a restart or logoff. You can force it to stop by opening Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc).

To make the utility start automatically at each Windows logon, add it to the Startup folder:

• Press Win + R.
• In the dialog that appears, type "shell:startup" and press Enter or click OK.
• In the opened File Explorer window, place either the executable itself or a shortcut to it.