TBH I don't know, maybe it can see the maps are the same region and defaults to the latest version.
All the map changer does is automate the deletion of the currentmap.dat and start TomTom.
The selection of maps is handled by the TomTom app itself, if you are presented with a choice of maps then the map changer has done its job.
So in this case I would check the maps are activated properly, try temporarily removing the working map and see if the older version works.