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LastPass autofill into desktop app?

jetzerb

My workplace is transitioning from KeePass to LastPass. I'm trying to cut over but finding it difficult for a few reasons.

How do I get LastPass to autofill username and/or password in desktop apps? With KeePass, I Alt-Tab until KeePass is in focus, click on the item, and hit CTRL-V. But I can't figure out how to do it with LassPass' desktop app (I'm roughly 100% certain the browser extension can't fill in username/password/form fields in non-web apps, but please correct me if I'm wrong). Here are some use cases:
1. Prompted for credentials on the commandline (git, ssh, ftp, etc)
2. Prompted for credentials within an application (SQL Management Studio, Remote Desktop, the specific application we use to log our time and expenses, etc)
3. Prompted for a password on a protected Office or PDF document
4. Any time I'm RDP'd into a client system (where I'm not allowed to install anything) and get prompted for credentials
I created some "Database" and "Server" items in my LastPass vault, which include Username and Password fields, but the LastPass desktop app doesn't allow me to copy them the way it does with a "Password" item:
Worse yet, on the non-"Password" vault items, the LastPass desktop app doesn't even allow me to copy the password field when editing the item. I can look at it, but have to transcribe it rather than copy & paste. (Luckily, the password can be copied out of the LastPass web interface).

All the LastPass training seemed to be geared toward logging into web sites, but I much more frequently need to enter credentials into non-web apps as described above. Can someone point me in the right direction?

thanks!

--bill

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mcdonamw

This response doesn't make sense. It's December 2021 now, and I'm having this same problem. I just installed the Desktop Application and all information still says to use hotkey to trigger the auto fill.

RachelO

Thanks for the additional information. I've checked with our development team and hotkeys are not supported in the LastPass for Windows Desktop app, I have contacted our website team to update the steps on the website and specify that hotkeys are no longer supported in the app. Due to this, you would need to open your Vault and copy the credentials for the app needed (by clicking the Key icon to copy the password or the person icon to copy the username.)

jetzerb

But that doesn't fit most of my workflow. Here's how things generally go:

Start an application (or terminal window)
Do a bunch of work
Get prompted for credentials (git push, ftp, connect to another server, open a protected Office or PDF document)
Do a bunch more work
Get prompted for credentials again

The instructions you referenced probably handle the case when I need to launch an application and immediately log in, and never have to enter credentials again.

Edit: However, I tried this and it didn't work. I clicked "Launch" and it successfully opened the application. I put the cursor into the username field and hit CTRL+ALT+F and nothing happened. I tried all these combinations and none of them worked:

CTRL+ALT+F
CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+F
CTRL+SHIFT+F
ALT+SHIFT+F

Does LastPass have any way of sending information to an application that is already running?

RachelO

Hello,

Once you have added your application(s) to the LastPass application for Windows, you can use Application Autofill by doing the following:

Open the LastPass desktop application and log in with your LastPass username and Master Password.
Select Applications in the left navigation.
Hover over the application, then click Launch.
Click within the username field of your application, then hold CTRL + ALT + F on your keyboard.
Your username and password will be automatically filled in (as well as any other fields and parameters you configured) and log you in to the application.
Note: If you have more than one set of credentials for the application, a drop-down menu will display so you can select the credentials you want to use.

Although please note that autofill may not work for all applications, such as passwords for protected Office or PDF documents

Ref: https://support.logmeininc.com/lastpass/help/use-the-lastpass-desktop-app-for-windows-lp010124

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