I know it's been forever since I've posted on my own thread, but I wanted to tell you guys I got the problem solved. I had to start a new score from scratch and eventually ran into the same problem with the Microsoft Runtime Error. I changed the Playback Dictionary and opened another instance of VDL 2.5 and the problem went away. So embarrassing.
The good news is that I just downloaded all the updates on my new laptop for Sibelius 7.12, Kontakt Player 5, VDL 2.5.2, and the VDL Template 7.0! Hopefully things will be smooth.