Every time Sage 50 opens a company database under Windows 8 or 8.1 (64-bit), one or more files in the mysql directory have (presumably extraneous) text notes appended to them. This does not occur when opening databases in Windows 7 (32 bit). The files affected vary but most often include HOST.MYI and USER.MYI, though other MYI and MYD files are changed on occasion as well. The binary data in these files above the appended notes is remains unchanged.
In version 2013, the text message (coded in binary) is appended to the end of the file as follows:
and an example of the appended note when using Ver 2014 :
These examples show that the affected files increase in size by 800 bytes to 2.3 Kb in size every time the database is opened with no apparent limit to how large these files will grow. More disturbing, however, is the fact that this only happens when running Win 8 or 8.1.
Does someone have any insight into what is happening here?
