I thought that I had seen a post about this issue before
vb went gold and can't find it now using the search so...
Since I've upgraded the forum to gold and reinstalled the gallery, when I'm replying to a photo, if I click the more smilies link, the page opens as it is supposed to, but the smilies are not clickable...
It works as expected in the forum though.
I mentioned this in my last support ticket after your last reply, but I guess you didn't see it...