Programmatically popup Connection Client

We use MicroStation in an environment where users open a RemoteDesktop to a server. This server is configured that at login a specific application is started instead of the normal desktop.

This application is a very simply toolbar from which the user can select a very limited number of applications; among which MicroStation.

Users therefore do not see the standard taskbar.

In some cases the user needs to open the connection client but, not having access to the tray icons or file explorer, there's no way to do this.

We would like to add a new icon to our toolbar that opens the connection client. 

The question is, can we programmatically popup the connection client?

It seems that simply relaunching the application ("C:\Program Files\Common Files\Bentley Shared\CONNECTION Client\Bentley.Connect.Client.exe") does the job but that one causes a second instance to be started that after some time kills the previous one. I would like to "tell" the running application to popup.

Any idea how to accomplish this?

I know there's a way to do this from within MicroStation itself ("CONNECT Notifications", see image below) but in case the connection client encounters an error when signing in, MIcroStation won't start and that's exactly the reason why the user may need the connection client to popup.

Thanks,

Robert Kock