Move Mouse

Perhaps you work from home and wish to keep your remote connection alive while you are away from your computer. Perhaps you need your machine to remain awake for a lengthy process, such as a large download, a backup or a long render. Move Mouse can help you in a wide range of such circumstances.

When you do not use your computer for a while, Windows dims the screen, starts the screensaver, locks the session or puts the PC to sleep. Your inactivity can also be visible to others: chat and collaboration apps such as Slack, Hangouts and Messenger switch your status to away when you are not using the computer. If you do not want this to happen, you need a program that simulates your presence even when you are not there. One such program is Move Mouse. It keeps the session active, so the screen does not lock while you step away from the computer.

Move Mouse is a straightforward program that simulates user actions. Moving the cursor, clicking a mouse button or scrolling the mouse wheel are some examples of these actions. The program repeats the actions at a set interval while you are away and can stop or pause automatically when it detects that you are back. Although the application was originally made to stop Windows from locking the session, you can also use it to prevent screensavers and sleep mode. The Windows program also has a number of options that you can use to tailor it to your needs.

You can set up blackout periods during which it does nothing, run several actions in a sequence, place the pointer at precise screen coordinates, bring a chosen application window to the front, and create automatic start and stop schedules. In addition, the GitHub version is a portable program that does not need to be installed, while the Microsoft Store version installs and updates itself automatically on Windows 10 and 11.

Keeps your PC awake and your session unlocked while you are away by simulating user activity.

Features:

• You can start and stop the application with a single click on its main window or on the system tray icon.
• Move the mouse cursor, click a mouse button or scroll the mouse wheel at a set interval.
• If necessary, you can combine several actions and change their order.
• In order to maintain active remote sessions, it repeatedly simulates activity, and a stealth option does this without visibly moving the cursor.
• You can also personalize Move Mouse by running your own PowerShell scripts or external commands.
• It can pause when the laptop runs on battery and stop automatically when user activity is detected.
• Blackouts and schedules can be switched off or randomised, and the source code is available under the GPL-3.0 licence.