Lock windows workstation using Python

Question

Is there a way to lock the PC from a Python script on Windows?

I do not want to implement some kind of locking on my own - I\'d like to use the same lock screen that

Answer 1

This can be done with the LockWorkStation() function from user32.dll:

This function has the same result as pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del and clicking Lock Workstation.

In Python it can be called using using the ctypes/windll FFI from the Python stdlib:

import ctypes
ctypes.windll.user32.LockWorkStation()