Copying/Moving photos in iPhoto to Windows PC

I have an iMac running side by side with Windows PC via VM Ware Fusion 3. Because I have ProShow Gold running in Windows how can I copy/move photos (album/folder) from iPhoto into Windows so that I can create slide shows like I used to before I bought the Mac?
DLPT

There are a bucket of ways to make a folder on the Desktop:
Using the contextual menu as you describe
Using File -> New Folder
Pressing Shift-command-n
There's even a new Folder button in the Export dialogue.
But however you do it, you need a folder to receive the pics as you export them from iPhoto.
Then +in the iPhoto Window+ select the Pics you want to export and go File -> Export.
Regards
TD

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