StopSnooze is a portable console app capable of stopping Windows from going to sleep.

StopSnooze can be useful when you need to prolong the amount of time before your machine enters sleep mode or while specific processes are still running or a certain key is hit. An app such as StopSnooze will come in handy for large system updates or game downloads keeping your machine active throughout.

Even though StopSnooze is a console app, usage is straightforward so even users not thoroughly comfortable in this area will find it easy to use.

Usage:

StopSnooze [{-p PID | -x COMMAND}] [-w TIME]

Options:

-p, --pid Wait on the process. Mutually exclusive with -x
-x, --shx Execute command, then wait on the spawned process.
Mutually exclusive with -p
-w, --wait Wait for the specified number of seconds

Examples:

StopSnooze -w 60
Prevents sleep for 60 seconds.

StopSnooze -p 2942
Prevents sleep while the process with PID 2942 is running.

StopSnooze -p 2942 -w 60
Prevents sleep while the process with PID 2942 is running, or for up to 60 seconds, whichever is shorter.

StopSnooze -x "notepad.exe"
Starts "notepad.exe", and prevents sleep while it is running.

StopSnooze -x "notepad.exe" -w 60
Starts "notepad.exe", and prevents sleep while it is running, or for up to 60 seconds, whichever is shorter.

StopSnooze -x "cmd /k"
Starts a new shell, and prevents sleep until it exits.

StopSnooze
Prevents sleep until the user presses any key, or terminates the shell.

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