page wont load/error in admin area. not sure why.

I have a wordpress site. Im unable to access a certain page from the admin area once Im logged in as admin.

wp-admin/themes.php?page=social-footer (url that won’t load)

get a blank page and this error. you do not have sufficient permissions to access this page. (wp is installed in the root directory here).

so, I created a duplicate site under /test, (different database) same theme, same settings and plugins, same host…. and no problem here… that page in admin area loads fine. no errors.

trying to figure out what is causing this. any ideas?

I’ve removed the theme and installed from scratch, disabled plugins. same problem. ive checked file and folder permissions … all seem fine. im stumped. any ideas appreciated. ??