I want to create and share a folder on ubuntu accessible from my windows 10 pc. I've tried a number of things via youtube video instructions and none seem to work. I get an error at some point, look up how to overcome that error message, do that, then run into another error message. when i installed it I updated it and downloaded half a GB of updates and installed them successfully.

at this point I'm not going to post specific error messages because they seem to be endless.

Is there a general software / utility download i need to install to get all the necessary utilities and software on my machine?

If not, does anyone have some fool proof instructions on how to share an ubuntu folder on a wifi network w a windows 10 pc?

Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS