Thank you,
I realized that I was unable to create a remote desktop connection after I applied a port forward on my modem. I tried resetting everything again this time without changing any settings on my modem and the remote desktop seems to be working again. I guess my modem is adding a port forward automatically. I didn't end up having to set it up with a static ip.
The thing that is not working is I am still unable to write to either internal or external storage from my desktop. Not sure why this is. I have enabled read/write access with external media on the Id.
Bob: I'm not sure exactly what made the Id show up under Windows Explorer. I remember one thread that said to enable SMB 1.0 with windows add features. I did that and enabled SMB direct also, before I set anything up.
If you use a port forward on your modem for getting at the Id from outside of your home network you should make sure to limit the access to trusted IP's (like your work network, etc).
There are port scanners looking for remote desktop ports all of the time and they will crack whatever password you set eventually.
Your SMB change on windows 10 is what made the Id show up in explorer.
The media folder under Internal Storage should be writable from your windows 10 machine.
Only external drives mounted Read/Write through MC's diskmenu will be writable under External Storage and only within those folders.
What Id model are you using?