help! groups access denied

i am getting the following error

Access denied. You must have special permissions to access this area or you are not logged in.

whenever i hit any forum link in groups

 

what i have tried

1:uninstalling and reinstalling forum and groups

2:recompiling language files for them and orca

3:copying over modules groups forum and groups from a working copy

4:copying over all forum and groups data fields into mysql from working copy

5:running repair on mysql data.

 

somewhere something is going dreadfully wrong. it will not allow access even with site administrator account

 

does anyone know if there are any hidden fields for forum and groups in the mysql so i can copy over and have

access (as well as user access) to the forum link in the groups?

 

i want to keep that posts. there are quite a few groups and posts. i just need to get rid of the error

Access denied. You must have special permissions to access this area or you are not logged in.

to allow access to the posts

Quote · 23 Jun 2017

I REALLY NEED SOME HELP ON THIS. ONCE AGAIN AN ALLNIGHT JOB. THAT STILL ISN'T WORKING. ALL USERS INCLUDING ME ARE LOCKED OUT OF GROUPS -> FORUMS

Quote · 24 Jun 2017

Sounds like you may need to fix your Membership Levels area.. 

Quote · 23 Jul 2018
 
 
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