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If you use Firefox and your FTP client needs are simple, we like the FireFTP add-an for Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fireftp/
You may also want the button to more easily start FireFTP:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fireftp-button/
FileZilla is a great FTP client…easy and free:
The built-in FTP service for Windows is part of the IIS web server and is quite complicated to set up and get working for many applications.
For a simple FTP server service, just use FileZilla FTP Server:
https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=server
Setup is a breeze for a simple application:
https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/FileZilla_FTP_Server
http://www.howtogeek.com/140352/how-to-host-an-ftp-server-on-windows-with-filezilla/