Sequence of improvements. Includes refactoring, improvements, bugfixing, new features

PS5 NOR Modifier/Common/Helpers/Browser.cs

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+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace PS5_NOR_Modifier.Common.Helpers
+{
+    public static class Browser
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Lauinches a URL in a new window using the default browser...
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="url">The URL you want to launch</param>
+        public static void OpenUrl(string url)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                Process.Start(url);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+                {
+                    url = url.Replace("&", "^&");
+                    Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo(url) { UseShellExecute = true });
+                }
+                else if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux))
+                {
+                    Process.Start("xdg-open", url);
+                }
+                else if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.OSX))
+                {
+                    Process.Start("open", url);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

PS5 NOR Modifier/Common/Helpers/XmlSerializationHelper.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace PS5_NOR_Modifier.Common.Helpers
+{
+    public static class XmlSerializationHelper
+    {
+        public static T? DeserilazeXmlFromFile<T>(string filePath)
+        {
+            T? result = default;
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(filePath))
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("File path is empty");
+            }
+
+            if (!File.Exists(filePath))
+            {
+                throw new FileNotFoundException("Local XML file '" + filePath + "' not found.");
+            }
+
+            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
+
+            using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(filePath))
+            {
+                result = (T?)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
+            }
+
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        public static T? DeserilazeXmlFromString<T>(string xmlData)
+        {
+            T? result = default;
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(xmlData))
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("XML data to deserialize is empty");
+            }
+
+            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
+
+            using (StringReader reader = new StringReader(xmlData))
+            {
+                result = (T?)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
+            }
+
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+}

PS5 NOR Modifier/Events/StatusUpdateEventArgs.cs

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+using System;
+
+
+namespace PS5_NOR_Modifier.UserControls.Events
+{
+    public class StatusUpdateEventArgs : EventArgs
+    {
+        private string _text;
+
+        public string Text
+        {
+            get { return _text; }
+        }
+
+        public StatusUpdateEventArgs(string newStatus) : base()
+        {
+            _text = newStatus;
+        }
+    }
+}