InDesign CS4 crashing when applying object styles

When i try to use IObjectStyleSuite->ApplyObjectStyle with the name of an object style that is inside a group, indesign Crashed.
I've tried using the full name of the style path -> group:stylename but it doesn't work.
Anyone faced this problem?
Thanks in advance.

As a last resort, when I run into the weird problems, I go through a process of elimination to find the offender.
As example, I would delete half the images and try the update. if it works, I know the problem was in one of the images I deleted. If it doesnt, I'd delete the other half and try again. I keep cutting the number of images I remove in half till I'm down to whatever it was causing the problem. The I save it as a newfile type and re-import/place.
Kind of a pain in the tookas, but it works when I'm really stumped.
HTH
-Ted

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