The thing your friend is on about is a sort of more simplified control panel with more options, some refer to it as "GodMode Panel" "Ultimate Panel" etc. etc.
To create this alternate view for Control Panel, you simply open Windows Explorer and then create a new folder. Next, you name the folder with any text string, followed by a period and then add the globally unique identifier (GUID) for the alternate Control Panel view.
The GUID is: {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}.
Besides the GUID, you could name your folder: DadsStuff.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
You could also name it: MyPanel.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}