I am working on computer without admin rights. I am not able to install software nor alter installed one. But fortunately, I was able to install Power BI Desktop from Microsoft Store without problems.
Now I want to register some tools mentioned here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jScicVBrr0s. With the help of this page https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/desktop-external-tools-register it should be matter of copying JSON file. But the directory of the application from app store is restricted to me.
Is there a chance, that mentioned /External Tools folder can be created in user data space and still loaded by Power BI Desktop on start?
It seems not to be possible to register tools without administrative permissions. I could not find settings to change the location of the data.
It is possible to change the install location with command line but these options only apply to .msi and .exe installations. This still needs administrative permissions
You should ask your IT to do this for you. If you can download Power BI from Microsoft Store the IT allowed this.