WPF

<Grid>
            <ScrollViewer>
                <ItemsControl  ItemsSource="{Binding MemControls}"/>
            </ScrollViewer>
          
</Grid>

public ObservableCollection<UserControl> MemControls
        {
            get { return _memControls; }
            set { _memControls = value; }
        }

public ObservableCollection<UserControl> MemControls
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to XML file and when he want to restore  GUI configuration i want to to desirialize from an XML file the list of controls and that way to restore GUI configuration.

How can i do it?
Maybe there is some other better way that dont involve XML files?

Thanks

Dim duration As New Duration(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20))
        Dim doubleanimation As New DoubleAnimation(200.0, duration)
        PBar.BeginAnimation(ProgressBar.ValueProperty, doubleanimation)

<controls:TreeViewEx BorderThickness="0"
                        Margin="5"
                        ItemsSource="{Binding Jobs}"
                        SelectedItemEx="{Binding SelectedJob, Mode=TwoWay}"
                        IsManipulationEnabled ="True"/>

#region Bound Properties
private ObservableCollection<JobSummaryModel> _Jobs;
public ObservableCollection<JobSummaryModel> Jobs
{
    get { return _Jobs; }
    set
    {
        if (_Jobs == value)
            return;

        _Jobs = value;
        RaisePropertyChanged("Jobs");
    }
}

private JobSummaryModel _SelectedJob;
public JobSummaryModel SelectedJob
{
    get { return _SelectedJob; }
    set
    {
        if (_SelectedJob == value)
            return;

        _SelectedJob = value;
        RaisePropertyChanged("SelectedJob");
    }
}
#endregion

public partial class JobListView : UserControl
{
    public JobListView()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    #region SelectedJob DP
    public JobSummaryModel SelectedJob
    {
        get { return (JobSummaryModel)GetValue(SelectedJobProperty); }
        set { SetValue(SelectedJobProperty, value); }
    }

    public static readonly DependencyProperty SelectedJobProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("SelectedJob", typeof(JobSummaryModel),
          typeof(JobListView));
    #endregion
}

<views:JobListView Grid.Row="0"
                   SelectedJob="{Binding Path=SelectedJob, Mode=TwoWay}"/>