code: public void reload() {
          try {
              if (file.exists()) {
                  try(FileReader fileReader = new FileReader(file)) {
                      props.load(fileReader);
                  }
              }
  
          } catch (IOException e) {
              FOKLogger.log(Prefs.class.getName(), Level.SEVERE, FOKLogger.DEFAULT_ERROR_TEXT, e);
          }
      }
docs: Reloads this preference file from the hard disk