You can set up samba to have your unix filesystems mapped just like you would map any other windows share, but given that you havent been introduced to the "-l" switch in the ls command, that may be a daunting task

Don't be intimidated by the command line. It is your friend. If you type into the command line
you will get useful information, such as whether the file is a directory or flat file. You really should read the man page for ls.

Just do a from the command line.