Executor: My preferred App Launcher

I have been using Launchy for years.

Now Launchy is unfortunately not maintained anymore - since 2008 and its follower LaunchyQT lacks some features I was used to.

So I have looked for an alternative and came to use now Executor.

Update 2023-01-11: I have troubles getting Executor working and switched to LaunchyQt as alternative.

I present here a short overview how I use it.

Homepage / Download / Help

http://executor.dk/

You might need to go through Windows Defender to allow the application to run.

What is Executor

See Lifehacker old post https://lifehacker.com/executor-is-impressive-full-featured-app-launcher-400566 from 2008:

Free application Executor is an application launcher very similar in look and feel to Lifehacker reader's favorite application launcher, Launchy. In fact, after a bit of testing Executor might have just snagged Launchy's place as the app launcher of choice on my Windows machine. One of the major differences between the two is Executor's emphasis on keywords. Although it does text search for just about anything, Executor gives priority to user-assigned keywords for launching apps, documents, and folders. What's more, you can assign a keyboard shortcut to any keyword for quick launches without even invoking Executor. Keyword functionality aside, Executor is also very fast and lightweight, eating just over 10MB of RAM in Task Manager. But that's not all that makes it great.

How to run quick calculation?

To use the integrated calculator start the text input with a number sign (#). Example #52*10+14

How to add my browser favorites?

(similar to Launchy Weby Plugin)

Simply add the Favorites location %userprofile%/Favorites to the catalog.

How to kill a process?

Similar to Launchy Killy plugin.

Command: taskill.exe

Parameters: /F /IM $P$.exe

Example: Killy chrome

How to control Microsoft Teams? (Teamsy Plugin)

See Teamsy Homepage here.

How to manage Microsoft Teams Favorites?

See separate posts here for Teams or Channels and here for Contacts.

How to add my Chrome custom search engines/ shortcuts (Chromy Plugin)

See this separate post.

Thierry Dalon's Blog

August 4, 2020