FileVault + USB Flash drive = can't open excel files

I can't open files in Excel that are stored on flash drives (I have several flash drives with the same files) in my account that has FileVault enabled.
The files open just fine when copied to the Desktop.
Same flash drive, same computer, same Excel, different user (no FileVault), no problem.

I don't think it was FileVault per se. I managed to recreate the issue in a user account not protected by FileVault.
I have my drive partitioned, and one of the partitions is named "Fun". If I then connect another disk named "Fun" (or a disk image with that name) and then try to launch an Excel file from that other disk I get the error.
The problem seems to be in the way Excel is resolving the paths of files it's opening. You can use this Apple Script to see what I mean:
tell application "Finder"
return name of every disk
end tell
When run this will show you the names of every disk mounted. When I run it I see the following:
{"Backups", "Fun", "Fun", "Workdrive", "work"}
You can see there that I have two disks named fun. When excel tries to open a file called "test.xlsx" on my external disk named "Fun", it uses the path "fun:test.xlsx". This path causes confusion because there are two disks with the same name. I suspect it's more a problem with how Excel identifies files and volumes. Other applications (including older versions of Excel) must be doing it differently.

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