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:

https://filezilla-project.org/

https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/FileZilla_FTP_Server

http://www.howtogeek.com/140352/how-to-host-an-ftp-server-on-windows-with-filezilla/

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

We create a dedicated filezilla user account to run the FileZilla server process. It seems to require administrative permissions or clients get the error Home directory does not exist.

1. Create a FTP home directory for the new user
   • Probably a sub-directory of your main FTP top-level share
   • ex: E:\Shares\FTP\jdoe
2. Open the FileZilla Server Interface on your server
3. Edit Users