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Win32 API prevent standby

What is the Win32 api function that prevents the system from going into standby?

Some programs use it, which is pretty annoying in my opinion.

I know there's a couple of WM_SYSCOMMAND messages you can trap to prevent the screensaver from coming on..

Solution

  • SetThreadExecutionState. There's no Get and it doesn't take a thread handle. Done.