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Hotscreen Protector Mod - relaunches hotscreen - Amino0422 - 07-27-2026

Hey folks, sharing a small mod I put together as I wanted to give something back.

I am looking for feedback. Even if it is "works for me", some idea for the mod, or even an idea worth for another mod.
As the creator of hotscreen told all of us to just AI some mods, I did too. No I didn't use any frontier model, just local AI. No Water harmed.   Wink

What it does:
  • Blocks the normal close paths of Windows.
  • Survives a reboot. So when you are locked and "forgot" to put hotscreen at startup yourself it restarts hotscreen when rebooting windows.
  • Restarts hotscreen when you killed it with task-manager. 

Make sure to check the readme. (The mod needs python3 findable in PATH)

If you locked yourself or seem to be in a weird state check the Readme in the _spoiler folder.

Changelog 0.2:
  • Adds multiple session support for multiple monitors.
  • Fixes registering the protector in Paths with space in it.


RE: Hotscreen Protector Mod - relaunches hotscreen - itami - 07-29-2026

I can confirm it works, but it shows the message "Status: warning: could not register protector (won't survive reboot)"
Apart from that it really relaunches if it's closed and also relaunches if it's killed via task manager.
Great job!

RE: Hotscreen Protector Mod - relaunches hotscreen - Amino0422 - 07-31-2026

(07-29-2026, 07:54 PM)itami Wrote: I can confirm it works, but it shows the message "Status: warning: could not register protector (won't survive reboot)"
Apart from that it really relaunches if it's closed and also relaunches if it's killed via task manager.
Great job!
On discord we uncovered that the Path leading to hotscreen should not include a space. 
I am on it to fix it.

RE: Hotscreen Protector Mod - relaunches hotscreen - itami - 07-31-2026

(07-31-2026, 09:17 AM)Amino0422 Wrote:
(07-29-2026, 07:54 PM)itami Wrote: I can confirm it works, but it shows the message "Status: warning: could not register protector (won't survive reboot)"
Apart from that it really relaunches if it's closed and also relaunches if it's killed via task manager.
Great job!
On discord we uncovered that the Path leading to hotscreen should not include a space. 
I am on it to fix it.
There's a discord server for this community? Can I get an invite? Blush

RE: Hotscreen Protector Mod - relaunches hotscreen - Amino0422 - 07-31-2026

(07-31-2026, 11:04 AM)itami Wrote:
(07-31-2026, 09:17 AM)Amino0422 Wrote:
(07-29-2026, 07:54 PM)itami Wrote: I can confirm it works, but it shows the message "Status: warning: could not register protector (won't survive reboot)"
Apart from that it really relaunches if it's closed and also relaunches if it's killed via task manager.
Great job!
On discord we uncovered that the Path leading to hotscreen should not include a space. 
I am on it to fix it.
There's a discord server for this community? Can I get an invite? Blush
Can be found here: Discord server  Wink
PS: I just updated the protector mod. See changelog at the original post what I've added.