When it stated here that the startup issue with the Classic C-172 was resolved I loaded the sim that evening, and was able to start this baby from cold & Dark (not using Ctrl+E). Only issue remained was that I could not get the avionics switches to move using the bindings I had set up. Tried different bindings to no avail.
Last night I started the sim and loaded the classic/basic C-172, and “Law-And-Behold”, the avionincs switches are working.
Finally a happy camper in regards to the classic/Basic C-172.