If there is a link file for a specific user in their Recent Items folder which references a file that has the same name as another file opened from a different location, what happens to that link file when that open occurs?

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A link file called myfilea.lnk exists in the Recent folder for user Mary, which points to c:$\backslash$documents$\backslash$myfilea$.$docx

If the the user Mary opens a file called c:$\backslash$projects$\backslash$myfilea$.$docx

What happens to the myfilea.lnk file?