Two-dimensional barcodes called Quick Response codes, or QR codes for short, are used to store data that devices can read. While QR codes are popularly scanned via smartphones, what if you want to ...

Scanning QR codes with smartphones is easy. However, sometimes you don’t want to use your smartphone and wish to scan the QR code natively on your computer. The good news is it’s possible to ...

Sometimes you have a QR code on a sheet of paper but your phone isn’t handy. Your laptop has a camera, though, and you can use it instead. In Windows 10 and 11 you can use the Camera app ...

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But how do you scan them on a Windows PC without your phone? Let's see. 1. How to Scan QR Codes Using the Windows Camera App Microsoft added a QR code scanner to its native camera app for Windows.