PowerToys - Awake

📣 This app is part of the Microsoft PowerToys bundle and cannot be downloaded separately.

PowerToys Awake is a tool for Windows designed to keep a computer awake without having to manage its power & sleep settings. This can be helpful when running time-consuming tasks, ensuring that the computer does not go to sleep or turn off its screens.

In the PowerToys Settings, start PowerToys Awake by toggling Enable Awake on. Once enabled, the application will manage the awakeness state of the computer.

You can choose the following Awake states:

• Keep using the selected power plan: The computer awakeness state is unaffected. The application is waiting for user input.
• Keep awake indefinitely: The computer stays awake indefinitely, until you explicitly put the machine to sleep or close/disable the application.
• Keep awake for a time interval: Keep machine awake for a defined limited time. After the defined time, Awake returns to the previous state.
• Keep awake until expiration: Keep machine awake until a defined time.

While PowerToys Awake can keep the computer awake indefinitely or temporarily, in its default state the displays connected to the machine will turn off. If you need the displays to be available, use the Keep screen on switch, which will keep displays active.

This feature only works if Awake is running in one of the three Keep awake states.