While testing Internet Explorer 9's handling of the X-UA-Compatible header, I was able to get the Compatibility Mode icon to display, which I needed to validate something I was testing. Of course when the testing was completed, I wanted to revert this change.
In past versions of IE, you would just un-check the icon that looks like a broken icon. I always had to do it a few times to remember which icon state was standards mode vs. compatibility mode, which probably explains the new behavior in IE9, where the icon disappears completely once you click it.
To revert the change, you just to go to Tools -> Compatibility View Settings to remove the site that you just manually added to the Compatibility View list.
Except it's not the "Tools" menu in the upper right of the window that looks like a gear icon, and is activated by Alt-X key, it's the other "Tools" menu. The super secret hidden "Tools" menu that does not show up unless you hit the "Alt" key and let another menu bar appear. You can also hit Alt-T, but you don't know this until after you hit the "Alt" key, and the menu appears. Then you can see "Tools" and know that "T" is the shortcut to use.
And people wonder why I tell them I feel like a monkey staring at an algebra problem when I use a Windows system...
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