I used to be a huge fan of Launchy which is a free cross-platform utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. In my pursuit to always keep my hands on the keyboard it was awesome. However, it lacked some features that would help me with another goal, the no icon desktop.
The one feature that started me down this path was the desire to empty the recycle bin. Launchy has many great features but it didn’t have many system commands, where Executor had many.
System Commands
Here is a list of some of the the system commands that Executor has.
| Command | Description |
| ?shutdown | shutdown windows |
| ?restart | restart windows |
| ?standby | put the computer in standby mode (no warning) if computer / windows version supports it) |
| ?hibernate | hibernate the computer (no warning) if computer / windows version supports it) |
| ?screensaver | start the screensaver |
| ?monitor | turn off the monitor (note only if system/hardware support it). Default keyword is |
| ?emptyrecyclebin | empty recycle bin |
| ?saveclipboard | open a save clipboard to file dialog (works with text and screenshots) |
| control | launches the control panel |
| ip | write your current local IP address, or a comma separated list if machine have more than one IP address |
There are many other built in commands, I just wanted to highlight the ones that really caused me to start using it.
Visual Styles
Like Launchy, Executor offers several visual styles that are achieved via skins.
| Style | Example |
| Minimalistic |  |
| Small |  |
| Medium |  |
Skins
The other way to customize the look and feel is to use a skin. This can be done by either downloading one from the Executor site or creating one yourself and saving it from the Executor settings dialog. I have created one that I use that is minimalistic and clean and works well with my Win7 dark theme.
You an download it here minimal_clean.skn (292.00 bytes). Just drop it in the Executor Skin directory located at \Program Files\Executor\Skins.
Conclusion
If you haven’t tried a utility like this down load one today. I rarely touch the start bar or the mouse any more and my desktop as you expect is icon free 
.