First thing to check if the windows don't go down upon top release is the switch inside the windshield header that is actuated by one of the "D" handle locking pawls.
( the one on the drivers side, IIRC )
This switch is NOT inside the top assembly, it is in the header above the windshield.
This switch senses that you have turned the "D" handle to unlock.
Only after you have unlatched the top from the header and let it go up away from the windshield frame does the CTCM look at the top raised and divider switches.