Disable Windows Media Player "media server" network locations

I was encountering exact annooying problem and i found the answer in rhis thread: Niyamath Mohammed answer

1. Press Windows key + E on the keyboard to open Computer folder.
2. Click on Computer Tab on the top.
3. Click on Access Media in the ribbon.
4. Click on Disconnect from Media server and follow the onscreen instructions.

And it worked when i reopened explorer folder.

In the comments of the mydigitallife link you gave, is an advice by Werner to execute :

sc delete "WMPNetworkSvc"

There is also another advice by the same Werner to search in the registry all occurrences of "WMPNetworkSvc" and delete the "FailureActions" DWORD value.

Have you tried any of them ?

(Execute these with great caution : I advise creating a system restore point first, just in case).