2021/11/how-to-keep-a-vm-desktop-awake/

[giscus[bot]]

2021/11/how-to-keep-a-vm-desktop-awake/

A little AutoHotkey goes a long way.

https://seankilleen.com/2021/11/how-to-keep-a-vm-desktop-awake/

[sampollard]

Thanks for the advice! I used this to build a version that works with ahkv2 and allows you to toggle on and off.

; Prevent sleep on ctrl+alt+win+n
; Cancel with ctrl+alt+win+n
ns := 0
^#!n::{
  global ns := !ns
  if (ns) {
    MsgBox "Preventing sleep.", "Ctrl-Alt-Win-N to cancel"
    SetTimer PressKey, 60*1000
  } else {
    MsgBox "Sleep back to default", "Sleep", "T1"
    SetTimer PressKey, 0 ; 0 instead of "Off" for v1
  }
}

PressKey()
{
  Send("{F15}")
  return
}