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Downloading a file and holding it in memory in c#

Hello,
I am trying to download a remote file and hold it in memory; I am currently working with this code (listed) with no success. Hoping someone could give me some insight, example code would be very appreciated. 
static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            byte[] downloadedData;
            downloadedData = new byte[0];
            WebRequest req = WebRequest.Create("http://www.nsrdl.com/apps/msizap.exe");
            WebResponse response = req.GetResponse();
            Stream stream = response.GetResponseStream();

            byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];

            int dataLength = (int)response.ContentLength;
            Console.Write(dataLength);


            MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream();
            while (true)
            {
                int bytesRead = stream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

                memStream.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
                downloadedData = memStream.ToArray();

            }

            downloadedData = memStream.ToArray();

            stream.Close();
            memStream.Close();
}

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What about using the WebClient object? http://www.csharpfriends.com/Articles/getArticle.aspx?articleID=115
I dont know about exe's though. Will give it a try
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All of those deal with writing the downloaded data directly to disk. I would like to hold it in memory. Any possible solutions?
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Thanks, rockiroads

Before reading your comment I was able to successfully store the file in memory without having it touch disk with this code (listed)

Now my problem is the downloaded data is not in binary form, hence it is unexecutable

Any way to convert "line" into a binary data type?
            System.Net.WebClient Client = new WebClient();
            Stream strm = Client.OpenRead("http://www.nsrdl.com/apps/msizap.exe");
            StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(strm);
            
            
            string line;
            while(sr.Peek() >= 0)
            {
                line = sr.ReadLine();
                line += sr.ReadLine();
            }
            strm.Close();

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