What is the simplest way to retain metadata when downloading pics from my iphone to my Microsoft computer?

I can not figure out how to smoothly download the pics from my phone onto my PC. When I plug my phone directly into my computer the files won't show up on my PC even when I click trust. When I start a download it doesn't finish...... if I can get my computer to somehow allow me to open the files from my phone. When I upload to icloud and then try and download from there all the metadata is gone. When I tried to download the icloud app for Microsoft computers I didn't see any way to download from the cloud to my pc and retain metadata. Could someone please help me figure out the easiest way to just get the photos from my iphone to a folder on my PC with metadata intact.