No, it works fine in Poser 7... I used it before I switched to Poser Pro.
Something wrong with the install if the script is not running. What happens if you Ctrl-Click on the VSS Synchronise button? It should show the macro1.py script with the following 2 lines:-

import vssui

vssui.macros.call(1)
 

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