Success!
@Agathorn1975 / @SPEEDRAZOR64 (and anyone else interested)… this totally worked for me to skip right to the IFR style map.
From this mod: JayDee´s World Map Filter Presets for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS
…I used the All But Weather template, put it in Community (actually in my Utilities folder then enabled with Addons Linker) and edited the WorldmapFilters file inside to this (section near the top):
<FilterDefinition>
<FilterID>MAP_BACKGROUND</FilterID>
<Title>TT:MENU.WORLD_FILTER_MAP_BACKGROUND</Title>
<Descr>TT:MENU.WORLD_FILTER_MAP_BACKGROUND_DESC</Descr>
<ValueType>MAPTYPE</ValueType>
<MapType>IFR</MapType>
<id>FILTER_MAP_BACKGROUND</id>
</FilterDefinition>
The < MapType > IFR < /MapType > line originally said SATELLITE.
Works like a charm. Not saying it has cured my CTD’s but I mean it skips right past the problem map style without us needing to go in and change it. I am sure someone more cleverer than me could figure out more stuff within this file… there is a lot there you can define 
(please share back if you do!)
As usual, JayDee is a true hero of the Flight Sim Community!! Thanks a lot JD!! 
