Shell links pointing to file in C:\Program Files resolve to C:\Program Files (x86)

My findings so far:

• C:\Program Files\foo.bar exists and C:\Program Files (x86)\foo.bar doesn't, link points to C:\Program Files\foo.bar -> QFileInfo::exists() returns false for the link
• C:\Program Files\foo.bar and C:\Program Files (x86)\foo.bar exists, link points to C:\Program Files\foo.bar -> QFileInfo::exists() returns true for the link, QFileInfo::symLinkTarget() returns C:\Program Files (x86)\foo.bar, QDesktopServices::openUrl opens C:\Program Files (x86)\foo.bar