diff --git a/packages/lib/models/Note.test.ts b/packages/lib/models/Note.test.ts
index 886e1657a9..fe6867014d 100644
--- a/packages/lib/models/Note.test.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/models/Note.test.ts
@@ -284,8 +284,20 @@ describe('models_Note', function() {
 			expect(externalToInternal).toBe(input);
 		}
 
-		const result = await Note.replaceResourceExternalToInternalLinks(`[](joplin://${note1.id})`);
-		expect(result).toBe(`[](:/${note1.id})`);
+		{
+			const result = await Note.replaceResourceExternalToInternalLinks(`[](joplin://${note1.id})`);
+			expect(result).toBe(`[](:/${note1.id})`);
+		}
+
+		{
+			// This is a regular file path that contains the resourceDirName
+			// inside but it shouldn't be changed.
+			//
+			// https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/5034
+			const noChangeInput = `[docs](file:///c:/foo/${resourceDirName}/docs)`;
+			const result = await Note.replaceResourceExternalToInternalLinks(noChangeInput, { useAbsolutePaths: false });
+			expect(result).toBe(noChangeInput);
+		}
 	}));
 
 	it('should perform natural sorting', (async () => {
diff --git a/packages/lib/models/Note.ts b/packages/lib/models/Note.ts
index 217ec903f0..0790fdea91 100644
--- a/packages/lib/models/Note.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/models/Note.ts
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ export default class Note extends BaseItem {
 		for (const basePath of pathsToTry) {
 			const reStrings = [
 				// Handles file://path/to/abcdefg.jpg?t=12345678
-				`${pregQuote(`${basePath}/`)}[a-zA-Z0-9.]+\\?t=[0-9]+`,
+				`${pregQuote(`${basePath}/`)}[a-zA-Z0-9]{32}\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+\\?t=[0-9]+`,
 				// Handles file://path/to/abcdefg.jpg
-				`${pregQuote(`${basePath}/`)}[a-zA-Z0-9.]+`,
+				`${pregQuote(`${basePath}/`)}[a-zA-Z0-9]{32}\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+`,
 			];
 			for (const reString of reStrings) {
 				const re = new RegExp(reString, 'gi');