I don't see this being discussed very often, but if all you want to do is view any old epub on your PC/Mac in Kobo Desktop there is a way.
The instructions can be found in
this Kobo documentation section
4. Sideloading for Testing Purposes
The relevant part is:
Quote:
Desktop
- Open the Kobo Desktop app.
- Make sure you have Adobe Digital Editions installed. If you do not wish to install ADE you can skip this step by creating a folder named "My Digital Editions" in your "My Documents" folder. On a Mac, the folder must be named "Digital Editions" instead.
- Select the My Books tab in Kobo Desktop and press CTRL+Shift+S on Windows or ⌘+SHIFT+S on a Mac. This will display any files in the “My Digital Editions” folder on your computer with the extension .epub
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I just tried it and it seems to work but I've never had any use for it myself. Calibre does everything I need for managing books on several Kobo and Android devices.