Read QR codes on the Windows desktop with BarCode Reader

The easiest way to scan the occasional QR code is on your phone. Install one of the many QR Reader apps, point your camera at it, and you’re done: it’ll detect the code, read the text and maybe act on it, for example opening your browser at a URL. ByteScout BarCode Reader is a free tool which brings the same QR-reading abilities to the Windows desktop, and adds a lot of other functionality as well The program can work with graphics files and PDFs, as well as acquiring images from webcams, scanners or other WIA devices.