All the answers I receive do not match up with my phone. IE swipe down and select usb this is not there. There must be other ways I would appreciate any suggestions
Welcome to Android Central! Did you already try different cables? Some cables are designed for charging only. Cables can also be faulty, affecting the data transfer function.
I moved this to the P30 Pro forum for more specific traffic.
If the USB cable doesn't work, you could choose another way. Backup phone's photo to cloud storage and then log in the same account on PC, then restore the photos from cloud storage. So you can finish the work.