Beginner: How to I access an external SMB server? Windows 8.1

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I have a raspberry pi, with samba configured properly. It's IP address is xx.xx.xx.xx and the proper ports are forwarded. I can access it from my mac by doing open smb://xx.xx.xx.xx but I do not know how to do it from a Windows computer. I have tried \\xx.xx.xx.xx\sharedfolder in a browser and mapping network drive at \\xx.xx.xx.xx\sharedfolder which crashes my computer when using "Map network drive."

I know this is a really stupid question, but I have found no help through google searches, any help is highly appreciated.

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You basically open the Start menu, search for run, click enter, and then type in this \xx.xx.xx.xx.