xdg-open: file with colon results in “The specified location is not supported”

Steps to reproduce:

• take a file of file type video/mp4
• rename it to a:b
• run xdg-open a:b

Result: gio: a:b: The specified location is not supported

Expected result: The file is opened successfully.

Workaround: Rename the file e.g. to a|b then

• running xdg-open a|b successfully opens the file