Maybe if you do a screen shot (Contrl+Apple+3) we could see what you have, as compared with a screen shot in Explorer to see what you want.
The Finder (Desktop view) shows folders (directories), but if you double click the icon for "Macintosh HD" you may start seeing the similarities with MS. For each folder you can set it to a MS-like format by clicking on the middle icon above "View".
HTH
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