I am needing to code a program that will run a additional program after 3 minutes of inactivity on my laptop. I know some basic coding in C++ and am not skilled enough to perform this. IF someone could help me that would be most helpful.
If I read you right, you want to work out when the whole PC is idle, rather than when your app is idle. If so, I think you might need to check what the CPU is up to. In that case this article might help: