Better way to connect to PC

Is there a way I can have a single link to all the shared folders on the PC in one Window?
I'm a new Mac user and trying to connect to my PC.
I tried a few different ways while I was muttling through the process and at one point I thought I had it. I think I was able to browse through all the shared folders on the PC from the Mac, but I couldn't see the Mac from the PC. Once I renamed the workgroup to match the PC, I could easily browse all the folder on the Mac from the PC, but now my access to the PC has changed.
When I connect to the PC, I'm given a choice of which shared folder I want to connect to, and an icon link for that single folder appears on the desktop.

Hi Chip, all my PCs are switched to Linux at the moment, so I can't test it, but I think there's 2 ways... or more.
First, I think you could place Shortcuts to the Folders you wish to access on the PC, into one Folder on the PC.
On the Mac side you could make Aliases of those Icons once mounted, and put them in a Folder on the Mac, then you could even drag that folder to the Dock, between Applications and Trash, so you get a popup menu of the PC's Folders.
Though a security problem if the PC is connected to the Internet... I just Shared the whole C:\, D:\, E:\, etc. with my Macs

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Best Way to Connect MacBook Pro (without Mini Display Port) to HDTV?

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Hey tjk,
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