Setup Guide

Get Started with SmartSleep

From install to your first wake toggle and battery alert in under 5 minutes.

● 5 min read ● Version 0.1 ● Windows 10 / 11
1

Install SmartSleep

Download SmartSleep from the Windows Store. Because SmartSleep is a new independent app, Windows may show a SmartScreen prompt on first run.

SmartScreen prompt: If you see "Windows protected your PC," click More info then Run anyway. This is expected for new apps that haven't yet built widespread download history with Microsoft.

The installer is a standard Windows executable. No administrator rights are required for the app itself — only the autostart toggle (covered in Step 5) writes to the Windows registry, which will prompt for elevation if needed.

2

First Launch

SmartSleep opens as a small window on first launch. After closing it, the app moves to your system tray — the icon area in the bottom-right corner of your taskbar. Click the SmartSleep icon any time to reopen it.

Tip: If you don't see the SmartSleep icon, click the up arrow (⌃) in your taskbar to expand the hidden tray icons. You can drag SmartSleep out to pin it to the visible tray area.
3

Using the Wake Toggle

The large circular button in the center of the app controls your PC's sleep state.

Default State
Sleep Allowed
Your PC follows its normal power settings
Active State
Staying Awake
Sleep and screen dim are prevented

Click the button once to toggle. The ring glows blue when wake mode is active. The state is session-scoped — it does not persist across reboots, so your default power settings are never silently left overridden.

Note: Wake mode prevents both sleep and screen dim. If you want the screen to dim but not sleep, use Windows Power Settings directly for that configuration.
4

Reading Your Battery Stats

The battery section shows real-time power data that Windows doesn't surface by default.

Battery %
84%
Current charge level with animated progress bar
Drain Rate
2.5%/hr
How fast you're consuming power right now
Charging
Charging
Plugged in and actively charging
Plugged In
Plugged In
Connected but at full charge

The progress bar changes color based on battery level: green (above 30%), amber (15–30%), and red (below 15%).

5

Enable Start With Windows

To have SmartSleep available in your tray every time you start your PC, enable Start with Windows in the settings section at the bottom of the app.

Toggling this on registers SmartSleep in Windows startup via the Tauri autostart plugin — equivalent to adding it to your Startup folder, with no manual configuration required.

Recommended: Enable this on your first session. SmartSleep uses under 0.5% CPU at idle, so it adds no meaningful overhead to your startup time.
6

High-Drain Alerts

When SmartSleep detects abnormally high battery consumption, an alert card appears in the battery section identifying the responsible process by name and CPU usage.

Example alert: "High drain detected — chrome.exe is using 38% CPU." This typically indicates a runaway tab, a background sync process, or an update running silently.

The alert dismisses automatically once CPU usage from the identified process returns to normal. You can also close it manually. No configuration is required — SmartSleep monitors drain rate continuously and triggers the alert when the threshold is exceeded.