open (Opens the given desklet files) start (Runs the gDesklets daemon, this is default) stop (Stops the gDesklets daemon) list (Lists open desklets) restart (Restarts the gDesklets daemon) profile (Switches to the given profile) profile (Shows the current and the available profiles) shell (Opens the graphical shell) slay (Kills the daemon -- use in emergency) status (Checks daemon status) about (Prints information about gDesklets) version (Prints gDesklets version) configure (Opens the configuration dialog) help (Displays this text) check (Checks requirements) [option] --no-tray-icon (disables the systray icon) --translucent (enables translucency on the xorg servers)