Empty Folders appearing on Desktop

Keep getting folders on my desktop that I am not putting there.
The folders are Untitled FOlder 1, Untitled FOlder 2, Untitled FOlder 3, and then also Burn Folder 1, Burn Folder 2, Burn Folder 3, etc.
They just appear. I leave the computer, come back hours later, and there they are. Delete them, but same process repeats itself.
They are all empty.
What the heck is that all about? How to stop it?

I asked the question twice, but did not get an answer?
"So is there anyone else who has access to your Mac, either physically, through File Sharing, or through Screen Sharing?"
The sharing settings on the other computer do not matter, because the folders are not appearing on those computers. It is the sharing settings on your iMac that matters. As I said before, the three ways I can think of to reproduce what you describe are:
(1) When you are away from your iMac, sneak in and put a folder on your Desktop.
(2) From one of the other Macs, connect to your iMac over file sharing. To do this, I would have to know your user name and password, and you would have to have +File Sharing+ enabled on your iMac (the sharing settings on the other Mac does not matter). Once connected, put the folder into your Desktop folder.
(3) From one of the other Macs, connect to your iMac using screen sharing. To do this, I would have to know your user name and password, and you would have to have +Screen Sharing+ enabled on your iMac (the sharing settings on the other Mac does not matter). Once connected, control your iMac and put a folder on your Desktop.
If it happened while you were sitting at your computer and paying attention to the screen, then (2) would be the only way.
The fact that it did not happen when AirPort was turned OFF is consistent. Then (1) would be the only way to make it happen. And it also seems to show that the cause is not some odd background process you have running that creates random folders on the Desktop.
You might try going to System Preferences Accounts pane and changing your user account password. Then, with AirPort turned ON, see if it still happens.

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