LastPass for Applications

LastPass for Applications is a desktop utility that brings to the desktop the functionality of LastPass, the well-known password manager. It gives you the possibility to organize the account credentials of your programs in a secure place, along with notes and favorite websites.

In order to work with this tool, it's necessary to sign up for a free trial account which can be updated to premium once the trial is over if you wish. Although this is not mentioned during setup, the program gets integrated into the Windows autorun sequence, so it gets launched automatically every time you turn on the computer. However, the option can be later disabled.

Once the installation is over, LastPass for Applications creates an icon in the system tray and silently runs in the background without disturbing you with popup messages. Next, you can start creating your LastPass vault by adding new entries with websites, secure notes and applications.

To add applications, you can use a finder to select the window of a currently running program, or a trainer to monitor your activity and capture the way you normally run a specific program (in case it has particularities, such as running as administrator).

For websites and secure notes, you can set the page URL, display name, folder, username and password, along with messages. You can mark favorites and ask LastPass to require password reprompt. Moreover, for websites, it's possible to disable autofill while using your web browser or allow the tool to log you in automatically.

Additional tools are provided by LastPass for Applications, whether you want to generate random and secure passwords, manage your identities, refresh applications, export data to LastPass CSV or encrypted file format, print details, or clear the local cache.

As far as preferences are concerned, you can prevent the tool from autorunning at every Windows startup and enable it to auto log off on screensaver start, system idle, computer lock, shutdown or log off. Multiple interface languages are supported.

We haven't experienced any compatibility issues with Windows 10 in our tests. LastPass for Applications had minimal impact on the computer's performance. Taking everything into account, this program comes in handy to users interested in organizing the usernames and passwords of their applications in a secure place.