Reg file to change a specific bit in a specific key

Hi,

I want to remove the IE option of "Use automatic configuration script" via a batch or reg file.
I already found where this checkbox is in in the registry.

9th bit of this key :
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections] "DefaultConnectionSettings"

How can I make this change from a reg or batch file? I don't want to export the entire "Connections" container because it contains other keys as well that might chagne other system behavior. and I also want to share this solution (be it a reg file or other) with my colleagues, so they shouldn't get settings from my machine. best way would be to change the specific bit from 05 to 01.

Thanks
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EMJSRConnect With a Mentor Commented:
I have attached a .reg file (rename extension back to .reg) that will change the ninth bit accordingly. Only the listed key will be imported and changed, nothing else. To do this from a batch file, you can use the following command:

reg import connections.reg

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You can obviously specify a path, too, such as...
reg import \\server\network\location\import.reg

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etc.
connections.reg.txt
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Thomas WERNHERConfiguration ManagerCommented:
use the reg add from the cli.

btw, maybe a GPO would do it...?

Cheers.
T
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oBdAConnect With a Mentor Commented:
That's actually not the 9th bit, but the 9th byte that you want to change.
Anyway, try the batch script below; it's currently in test mode and will only display the "reg add" command it would normally run. Remove the uppercase "ECHO" in front of "reg.exe add" in line 29 to run it for real. 
@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set RegKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
set RegVal=DefaultConnectionSettings
echo Reading current settings ...
for /f "tokens=2*" %%a in ('reg.exe query "%RegKey%" /v "%RegVal%" ^| find /i "%RegVal%"') do (set RegData=%%~b)
set /a ByteCount = 0
:StringToByteArrayLoop
	set /a ByteCount += 1
	set Byte[!ByteCount!]=!RegData:~0,2!
	set RegData=!RegData:~2!
if not "!RegData!"=="" (goto :StringToByteArrayLoop)
echo ... found %ByteCount% entries.
for /f "tokens=1 delims=[]" %%a in ('type "%~f0" ^| find /n "[REPLACE]"') do set DataStart=%%a
for /f "skip=%DataStart% tokens=1* delims== " %%i in ('type "%~f0"') do (
	if %%i gtr %ByteCount% (
		echo Replacement index %%i is outside of the length of the current data ^(%ByteCount%^).
		echo Operation cancelled.
		goto :eof
	)
	set NewValue=0%%j
	set NewValue=!NewValue:~-2!
	echo Byte[%%i]: !Byte[%%i]! --^> !NewValue!
	set Byte[%%i]=%%j
)
echo Writing settings back to registry ...
set RegData=
for /l %%i in (1, 1, %ByteCount%) do (set RegData=!RegData!!Byte[%%i]!)
ECHO reg.exe add "%RegKey%" /v "%RegVal%" /t REG_BINARY /d "%RegData%" /f
echo Done.

goto :eof
REM In the following section, enter the bytes to be replaced in the format <Index>=<NewValue>;
REM Index is one-based, not zero-based!
REM NewValue is the new hex value without leading "0x".
REM Leading zeros for the index are not allowed; for the value, leading zeros can be added, but are not required.
REM Example: 9=5 or 12=0C
[REPLACE]
9=05

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