How To Connect To Windows Shared Folders From Linux Mint/Ubuntu Desktop

One of the earlier posts described how to connect to a Windows share directly from the Linux Mint / Ubuntu Terminal.
To do this from the Linux Mint / Ubuntu desktop without using Terminal :
1. Press Alt + F2 and enter the IP address or the Windows system where the shared folders are hosted after the “smb://“. (This is similar to opening up “Run” box in Windows and typing \\serverip\...