Link fails on vers 2.099 ; Windows version

[Jim Korman]

So, link fails on all programs I've tried it on with

     OPTLINK : Warning 9: Unknown Option : LIBPATH
     hello.obj Offset 00000H Record Type 004C
       Error 138: Module or Dictionary corrupt

This fails on vers 2.099.0 and above. Versions below that compile 
and link with no problems.

What I can see first of all is the the very first byte of the 
.obj file is 0x4C whereas in earlier versions it is 0x80. 
Actually the entire beginning of the object files between 
versions is drastically different in content as well as size.

I haven't found any articles addressing this.

I'm using the same computer and same environment set up for 
versions 2.096 forward and see no problems until I hit 2.099.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jim Korman