Parse the key-value properties file

Complete C# program:
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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;

namespace ReadFileTest
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            int x = 0;           
            string line = null;
            ArrayList value = new ArrayList();
            ArrayList key = new ArrayList();
            char[] spaces = { ' ', '\t' };
            string propertyFilePath = @"C:\\local\\properties.txt";

            if (File.Exists(propertyFilePath))
            {
                StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(propertyFilePath);
                streamReader = new StreamReader(propertyFilePath);
                line = streamReader.ReadLine();
                while (line != null)
                {
                    line = line.Trim();                 
                    if (!(line == string.Empty || line.IndexOfAny(spaces) < 0))
                    {                        
                        key.Add(line.Substring(0, line.IndexOfAny(spaces)).Trim());
                        value.Add(line.Substring(line.IndexOfAny(spaces)).Trim());
                    }
                    line = streamReader.ReadLine();
                }
            }
            else
                throw new Exception("Properties File not Found. Please install");
            for (x = 0; x < key.Count; x++)            
                System.Console.WriteLine(key[x] + "-->" + value[x]);               
            
            Console.Read();
        }
    }
}

Example file: Key value can be separated by any number of spaces
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abc            xyz
abc2 pqr
abc3        pqr3
xyz2     lkj

Output of program:
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abc-->xyz
abc2-->pqr
abc3-->pqr3
xyz2-->lkj

Regards,
Megha

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