Yes, sorry, that code has always been broken. I think that replacing the lines:

$access_options = array(
    '' => elgg_echo('form:use_system_default_access'),
    'PRIVATE' => elgg_echo('ACCESS_PRIVATE'),
    'PUBLIC' => elgg_echo('ACCESS_PUBLIC'),
    'LOGGED_IN' => elgg_echo('ACCESS_LOGGED_IN'),

);

in mod/form/views/default/form/forms/manage_fields.php

with

$access_options = array_merge(array('' => elgg_echo('form:use_system_default_access')),get_write_access_array());

should fix the problem. Please tell me if it works for you.

I should add that this fix has the effect of showing the admin's access list, including the groups that the admin is a member of. Does not cause any harm since only the admin sees this. But I'm wondering what really should be shown here.

Any suggestions?

Thanks kevin, I'll give it a try in a little while a report back. Thanks

This didn't help me. I changed the line. (disabled/enabled the plugin. reset all my field settings, to make sure they were how I wanted them. Setup a new user. Logged in, went to edit. had the wrong access settings. Unless my file is named wrong and is being skipped. I did guess you had a typo in the path/filename above? ....field(s).php 

Is there a specific table on my live site that I can export and import into my MAMP, to cary over the forms I have on there? I get nervous playing around with stuff that has to do with user info.

Thanks